Lagos to London Flights: Nigerian Deported From UK Poo on AeroPlane to Delay, Cancel Flight

Lagos to London Flights: Nigerian Deported From UK Poo on AeroPlane to Delay, Cancel Flight

  • A deportee from the United Kingdom is said to have soiled an airline ticket in order to be sent to Nigeria
  • The incident led the airline to postpone the flight for more than five hours as personnel cleaned up the plane
  • The United Kingdom has increased its efforts to expel illegal immigrants and essentially barred them from seeking asylum

A Twitter user, @ImaniDH_, has recounted how a trip from London to Lagos was delayed because a Nigerian deportee on board "smeared poo all over the plane."

She added that the deportee's actions caused her cousin's trip back to Nigeria to be delayed on Friday.

According to her, a relative was on his way, but his flight was delayed because someone was deported and chose to defecate all over the plane.

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Man delay flight with poo
Lagos to London flights delayed by Nigerian deported from UK Credit: Claudio Kocking / EyeEm
Source: Getty Images

FIJ reports that another twitter user @Y_Etuh1, said the Nigerian had emerged from the restroom naked.

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“Fact Check: This is very true, he even came out of the toilet naked,” he wrote.

The Nigerian was said to have landed in the UK from Turkey without documentation, hence his deportation via the British Airways BA 075 flight.

He stripped to the waist and stooled in the food area before rolling in the poo and throwing it everywhere.

He was subsequently arrested and taken off the plane.

The flight, which was scheduled for 11:20 am, couldn’t take off until 4:34 pm.

Nigerians react

@ImaniDH_ reacts:

"No one can end a Nigerians JAPA"

CocoLush says:

"Desperate times call for desperate measures"

Canada searches for 15,000 Nigerians this year under its immigration plan

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Recall that Legit.ng reported that data from Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says that more than 15,000 Nigerians obtained permanent residence in Canada in 2021, more than the average of 6,146 who did so in the three years from 2018 to 2020, totaling 18,438.

The country expects more Nigerians to come in 2022, having given permanent residence to over 35,000 immigrants from all over the world in January alone.

TheNiche reports that this puts the country on the verge of attracting about 400,000 immigrants for the second year running.

Source: Legit.ng

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Dave Ibemere (Senior Business Editor) Dave Ibemere is a senior business editor at Legit.ng. He is a financial journalist with over a decade of experience in print and online media. He also holds a Master's degree from the University of Lagos. He is a member of the African Academy for Open-Source Investigation (AAOSI), the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and other media think tank groups. He previously worked with The Guardian, BusinessDay, and headed the business desk at Ripples Nigeria. Email: dave.ibemere@corp.legit.ng.