The United States government on Wednesday deported 34 Nigerians over alleged immigration and other related offences.

The deportees arrived at the cargo section  of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA), Lagos, aboard a chartered Omni Air International aircraft with Registration Number W342AX.

Confirming the development, the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, Joseph Alabi said the deportees, made up of 32 males and two females were received at the airport at about 2:30 pm.

Alabi disclosed that 25 of them were alleged to have committed criminal offences, with one involved in narcotics while the others were alleged to have committed immigration-related offences.

He added that the deportees were received upon arrival by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the Police as well as officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The spokesman further disclosed that the deportees were profiled by the relevant authorities and allowed to depart for their various destinations.