A Nigerian deported from Italy, Mr Tony Lucky has apologised to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for assaulting its officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Dec. 14.
A top official of the NIS told the News Agency of Nigeria on condition of anonymity that Lucky in the apology promised not to engage in such unruly conducts in future.
The source said contrary to a video currently trending on the social media, officers of the NIS were only trying to carry out their statutory duty of profiling people deported back to Nigeria.
“His name on the ECOWAS Traveling Certificate (ETC) is Tony Lucky. He arrived aboard a Turkish Airline flight on Dec. 14.
” In the course of immigration profiling, he became violent insisting that he has no reason to be asked questions about his details. Read more