The Federal Government says 201 Nigerians are in the immigration camps set to be deported home from the United States (U.S.).
Eighty-five of them have been cleared for immediate eviction from the country.
According to the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Richard Mills Jr., among the first batch of deportees are those serving jail terms in U.S. prisons.
The envoy said the deportees would be taken to Lagos but did not indicate when.
He spoke during a meeting with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, at her office.
U.S. President, Donald Trump has been fulfilling his campaign promise to deport illegal immigrants.
He has deported citizens of countries such as Colombia, Mexico and India, among others as he aggressively pursues his policy of getting out undocumented immigrants.
According to a statement by Mrs Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s media aide Magnus Eze, the envoy said: “Those to be repatriated would be dropped in Lagos.
“There wouldn’t be room for whether it should be in Port Harcourt or Abuja.
The first group will be convicted prisoners – those who committed crimes and are in U.S. prisons.
“Some of them are those who have clearly violated U.S. immigration laws.
“They appealed but were denied yet they are still in the U.S. They have committed immigration crime.”
