{"id":9650,"date":"2023-12-06T13:26:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T13:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=9650"},"modified":"2023-12-06T13:26:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T13:26:46","slug":"gambia-releases-9-stowaways-to-nigerian-immigration-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/12\/06\/gambia-releases-9-stowaways-to-nigerian-immigration-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambia Releases 9 Stowaways to Nigerian Immigration Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja received nine repatriated Nigerians who attempted to stow away to Europe through The Gambia. The stowaways were handed over to immigration officials by their Gambian counterparts.<\/p>\n

Adesola Adesokan, the Comptroller of the NIS at the airport, cautioned Nigerians against attempting to stow away, describing it as a perilous journey that has claimed lives in the past. Two of the stowaways faced a near-death experience as they almost drowned while trying to evade arrest. Fortunately, they were rescued and taken to the Nigeria High Commission in The Gambia.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Adesokan revealed that the High Commission processed emergency travel documents for the nine stowaways to be repatriated to Nigeria. However, the individuals were initially reluctant to return, demanding money from the Gambian immigration service as a condition for their repatriation.<\/p>\n

\u201cNine Nigerians were sent back by The Gambian Immigration Service after attempting to stow away through the sea. Two of them almost lost their lives because they could not swim after jumping into the sea to evade arrest,” she explained.<\/p>\n

Despite facing challenges, including resistance to their return and demands for money, the stowaways were eventually persuaded by the Nigeria High Commission in Banjul to return home. Mrs. Adesokan stressed the need for individuals contemplating irregular migration to abandon such plans and urged for a reorientation of values.<\/p>\n

The returnee stowaways, speaking to the media, expressed regret over their actions. They claimed to have been lured into the journey by friends who successfully reached Europe through a similar route. Abdul Yakubu, one of the stowaways, disclosed that he was engaged in selling noodles and fried eggs on Lagos Island before being convinced to embark on the ill-fated trip. Another stowaway, Daniel Vincent, admitted they did not carry any food or water, underestimating the length of the journey, thinking Europe was just a three-day sea voyage.<\/p>\n

The incident underscores the dangers and challenges faced by individuals attempting irregular migration, emphasizing the importance of discouraging such perilous endeavors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja received nine repatriated Nigerians who attempted to stow away to Europe through The Gambia. The stowaways were handed over to immigration officials by their Gambian counterparts. Adesola Adesokan, the Comptroller of the NIS at the airport, cautioned Nigerians against attempting to stow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,185,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-interview","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9650"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9680,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650\/revisions\/9680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}