The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), have deported 51 more foreign nationals convicted and sentenced for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.
This brings the total repatriated convicted foreign nationals to 102 in the ongoing exercise that commenced on Friday, August 15, 2025.
According to a statement on the anti-graft agency’s X handle, on Thursday, August 21, the convicted foreign nationals are also among the 192 arrested during an operation by the Commission in Lagos
The statement reads:
“The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, and the Nigerian Immigration Service NIS, have repatriated 51 more foreign nationals convicted and sentenced for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.
“The repatriated foreign nationals include 50 Chinese and one Tunisian.
“This brings the total repatriated convicted foreign nationals to 102 in the ongoing exercise that commenced on Friday, August 15, 2025.
“The convicts are among the 192 foreign nationals arrested during a sting operation by the Commission in Lagos, following actionable intelligence about the operations of one of the largest foreign-led cybercrime syndicates in Nigeria.
“Further deportations are scheduled in the coming days.”
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