Alfred Efosa, one of the persons deported to Nigeria from the United Kingdom on Tuesday, says he has no where to spend the night.
“I am tired of talking, I need cash. Please! Please! I don’t want to say anything again. I am tired of talking. I need money for hotel; I don’t have anywhere to sleep tonight,” he told TheCable News at the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
After much persuasion, the man, who refused to have his picture taken, agreed to speak, revealing that he was born of a Gambian mother and a Nigerian father.
Efosa said he has never been to Nigeria but was sent to the country on the account of his father being a Nigerian.
In an emotion-laden tone, Efosa narrated his ordeal, confessing that he was involved in theft and imprisoned for two years before his eviction.
“Right now, I am confused. I don’t know anyone or anywhere around here. I don’t have anywhere to go and there’s no cash on me to get an accommodation.
“I’m totally confused. I’m stranded here and don’t know what to do or where to go.”
One of the affected persons, who simply identified himself as Henry, accused officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service of receiving bribe from the UK authorities “to deport citizens illegally into this country”.
The man, who claimed to have spent nine years in England, expressed worry over the inability to contact his family back in the UK.
“I was sleeping when some uniform men came to my house and bundled me to the airport only to find myself in Nigeria,” he said.
“I can’t even communicate with my people in the UK. My family is worried about me and getting in touch with them now is a big challenge. My kids and my brother are there in the UK, and I am sure they will be worried about my whereabouts by now. I have tried to call them but couldn’t get through to them.
“The Nigerian government should stop taking bribe from the UK government at the embassy and be sincere to the people. This is unacceptable. We should be treated with respect and care as every other citizen. This country should wake up and stop engaging in modern slavery. This is a democratic dispensation where the government is duly responsible to the citizens.”
While others narrated their experiences, a young man sat at a corner, with worries all over his face, he showed no interest in speaking.
“I am not from Nigeria, I am from Barbados,” he muttered, before lowering his head.
Efforts to speak with officials of the cargo unit at the airport proved abortive, as they declined any comment.
According to the immigration, 50 persons were evicted from the UK.
*I hope the rate of crime will not increase with all these complaints?
Lol I smell lies though
ReplyDeletePlenty lie
DeleteNa wa oh. How will they just deport some to countries that are not theirs? They don't even have family here sef. Na hunger go don beat them since yesterday.
DeleteThey should remain at d airport and start doing agbero work. They will earn money
DeleteBunch of liars.
DeleteLol @ i need money...he has seen who doesn't need money na.
I didn't flinch yesterday when I read about d deportation neither will i 2day.
They should all go and sit down jare.
My dear no b small lie
DeleteHahahahaaahahaa
DeleteI was sleeping......and found myself in Nigeria
I am from Barbados
Hahhhahahaaha
Abeg, they should carry them back, we are over populated already.
I thought they usually give deportees some pocket money? Eeyah.
DeleteClick my name for all your celebration cakes and cupcakes, cheers
They should sit their ass down and get busy!
DeleteThey think is nigeria where anything goes.
Very big one
DeleteHmm
DeleteWhirlwind
He's from Barbados, I'm from Cuba. He was asleep and then woke up to find himself in naija? Was he drugged?! He can't contact his family in the UK, what happened? They changed their numbers? Efosa has never been to naija. He was born in the UK then or where? So y is he back here? Stupid lies
DeleteNa wa o! Contact ur dad to tell u abt his family if u can b able to reach them even thru fbk sef nd u can b able to ve a place to stay....some of them r nt even saying d truth sef
ReplyDeleteThey are lying. His children are in the uk and he is here.
DeleteKarashika i love them song..
DeleteIt's either you have a British passport or a residence permit or you don't. Simple and straight!! They won't bundle a citizen and bring you to Nigeria without reason nau!! Abi no be the same UK wey Nigerians dey stay happily??
DeleteEeyah, but why you sef go steal na? It will increase o Stella. Na today?
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to nigeria,where you've gat to work ya ass out to get cash.
DeleteNa wah oh
ReplyDeleteI feel for them.
I hope so stella
ReplyDeleteA Barbadian was also deported to Nigeria? Hmmmmm
ReplyDeleteIf that's the case he should go to Bajan Embassy in Nigeria ..they'd help him ....
DeleteI doubt if that fellow is from Bim lol ......
I kinda believe the barbadian though
DeleteI have been to the immigration b4 and couple of guys deported aint nigerians
Stupid oyinbos feel every black ass is from naija!
Nigeria is now a dumping ground. Barbados? Can u imagine.
ReplyDeleteNotify Rihanna
DeleteDude is lieing trust me. All Na wash.
DeleteIt definitely will
ReplyDeleteAsin ehh!
ReplyDeleteImagine the guy that did time for theft and not having any money nor accomodation.imagine what that guy would do when he gets very frustrated?
NGO's pls help in any way you can.
Am not from Nigeria, I am from Barbados.
ReplyDeleteStraight up denial mehnnn...
So who is a Nigerian?
No be only Barbados, Barnabas nko? Your parents open mouth tell you sey you are from there so how you come enter cargo plane land here.
ReplyDeleteThe Efosa guy, your root is in Benin. Start your journey to that city. You should know a bit of your family background.
When they tell them to behave well wherever they dind themaelves dem no fo hear wors. Now you have been deported, face it. Ita how to move forward be the koko.
Thats why its good for people to always keep in touch with their home base when they travel, but they feel they are better off than the ones they left behind.
Lamenting will not change anything. E no change am when una dey UK na naija?
Plenty hooligans have seriously been let loose with this deportation. All man should be careful.
I pray he finds help soon.
ReplyDeletethelma enemuwe said...
ReplyDeleteIs Nigeria a dumping ground?? Why offload them here when they don't belong here?imagine deporting a babardorian into Nigeria...
Wah impetus!!....
*faithful bv enemuwe thelma*
Lmao, she say na Babardorian, with so much confidence, it's Bajan abeg.
DeleteHow can someone go to another person's land go dey steal? You are iilegal in the country yet you de show body. Na wa. It is really baffling. I dont pity them oh.
ReplyDeleteSome came back with only Hot plate n Ghana must go, all these Ibo girls that have bf's in the uk, better go on facebook to confirm their location o
ReplyDeleteWhy was the guy from Barbados deported to Nigeria? Let these guys not join criminal gang here oo
ReplyDeleteAre u sure he's from Barbados? Does he have Janded or Jamo or Bajan or Aba or Egba accent? Let him tell the parish in Barbados he's from nah! Liar
DeleteMy thought Exactly what Parish is he from ..Why was he deported to Nigeria and not bim..
DeleteHe should go to the Barbadian embassy in Nigeria they'd help him ...
Btw I am from St Micheal's.
Lagos Bajan Chick
End time Deportees
ReplyDeleteThey are lying because they cant deport u without ur passport. I dey watch immigration programmes wella. There was a nigerian guy they cudnt deport cos they ransacked his house without finding his passport. So dat dude claimimg barbados was found wit a nigerian passport b4 they deported him
ReplyDeleteAnd even if he's telling the truth and the Nigerian passport was fake then consequences of life of crime o jare!
DeleteDon't minx xoxo and her 2 jobless sisters all
ReplyDelete3 runs girls in one family......why won't she
wonder from blog to blog and 3 girls ain't
married not one in the family is likewise her
lesbian friends......
Go to Benin, your papa is there
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad
ReplyDeleteO ma shey ooh!
ReplyDeleteUncle Barbados begin strategise as u go begin leg go ur country ooh!
Barbados ke?
ReplyDeleteNa wa o.
I used to think that When you are deported from a country you are given a certain amount of money so you can find your way home, Alfred Efosa's type would lean towards crime to survive, they wouldn't want to go home, not after all the high hopes and expectations from people back home.
Seriously. .. yeye dey smell for naija ... na ATM runs london bring come naija we neva scale am thru... next 2 months what will these ones introduce again
ReplyDeleteMore criminals
ReplyDeleteMy exact sentiments.
ReplyDeleteI feel for him though. Although wen he was complaining of having nowhere to sleep and all,it was on d tip of ma tongue to tell him to find where to sleep,just d way he found places to rob.
Una Pele.....
Lmao....Stella dont let these people fool you oh! UK govt will never deport a non Nigerian to Nigeria. They must have done their homework and prove that they are indeed Nigerians. Was a travel document or travel certificate not issued to them by the Nigerian embassy before they were brought back. Also for those complaining that they dont have families abeg wetin born them? lol or they got to the UK and forgot about their root eh? Omo there is blessing in every situation, maybe its time for them to make good use of their years abroad and add value to their country. Doesn't look to me like they had things going on for them in the country anyway, cos if they did we wont be here talking about this.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha I am not a nigerian I am from barbados. Hehehehehe y woont dey deport u wen u look dat black. Imagine denying our obodO nigeria. Oya go to barbados let's see na.
ReplyDeleteOga Efosa, start trekking back to Gambia. Finish!!! They shouldn't come and start kidnapping people o. From Barbados indeed
ReplyDeleteMost of these deportees are criminals giving Nigeria a bad name abroad.
ReplyDeleteihiagwa
ReplyDelete#GODWIN™
You think U.K. is like Nigeria where bribery is rife. Stop distorting facts and the truth
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteHe is not even proud to be a Nigerian.
Smh.
It's not d end of d world,and am quite sure dey made contacts in diff EU countries,while in abroad.
If London no accept u,why not start all over and see if another country will.
Lies!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.
ReplyDeleteEfosa why do u steal, hmmmm.
Una Pele oooo..
I feel sorry for them, if they were chosen randomly. Unless the UK government has brought back the ones with criminal records.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahaha you are not a nigerian u are frm barbados yet u were depoted shey. Who in his right senses will want to claim being a nigerian sef. I wish I will be deported out of here sef tO to the end of the world. To much craze 4 one country.
ReplyDeleteHe muttered" I am from Barbados"
ReplyDeleteThen lowered his head...Lol
That guy is angrrrrry
They might be saying the truth.here in germany,nigerians are been deported without their passports.nigerian embassy is s o corrupt.they get paid to issue TC .and also to non nigerians too.its simply corruption.they dnt need ur passpprts.all they need is tc from d embassy in which the embassy officials are paid.
ReplyDeleteAssuming our country Nigeria is up to the standard of countries like UK will we want to travel out (I guess jst for vacation) Bt the govt has refused to do the needful, upon all the natural resources God endowed us with... Immigration pple, make una fear God o. It is well with my country Nigeria
ReplyDeleteYou are illegal and you go and steal. You're a big boy dat can't work abi, even if it's cleaning job you don't need NI number for. A lot of dese people will still find way to go back. They will enter thru Libya and enter ocean as they do.
ReplyDeleteOmg !armed robbers have increased by one. UK govt deported a thief to nigeria and the Nigerian govt accepted?
ReplyDeleteI beg this lie lie don tire me. They are lying. All of them. They should come clean and tell the world what criminal offences they committed in the UK to warrant deportation.
ReplyDeleteDeportation does not apply for unlawful stay in the UK, it is for foreign national criminals.
I beg this lie lie don tire me. They are lying. All of them. They should come clean and tell the world what criminal offences they committed in the UK to warrant deportation.
ReplyDeleteDeportation does not apply for unlawful stay in the UK, it is for foreign national criminals.
As long as u r BLACK. Ur first destination is Nigeria. So all does am from Barbados na grammar. I remember a Benin man claiming Jamaican. When alagbon handled him, he started speaking edo language
ReplyDeletelmao... hahaha so funny, @ i'm from barbados. if i hear.
ReplyDeleteif you're bajan or jamaican or whatever you simply need to contact your embassy and they will ship you to barbados or whatever your birth place is because clearly you entered their land (UK) from somewhere.
if there's any corruption here it will be on the nigerian embassy side... there are several signatures required and processes followed in the UK before you can deport a person. so fraud is almost impossible on the UK side.
they should pick their asses up and start again, who knows tomorrow.
Telling lies or not I feel for them because they are in despair. When u live outside for so long it is hard to reintegrate into a society u have been away from. What measures are put in place to help them at least a housing shelter.
ReplyDeleteYou need cash? No relatives abi?
ReplyDeleteUna no get villages abi fathers' compound?
This UK people no try at all shah, why would they deport thieves to us knowing fully well that we have surplus? God help us.
Lmao! But u r right, this xmas no go funny oh, na to tighten neighbour hood Security & no much waka waka for night. Imagine joining deportation frustration with Naija frustration... Na madness receipe be that
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