Daily Trust (Abuja)  Nigeria: Gabon Evicts 215 Nigerians - NEMA
The Republic of Gabon has evicted 215 Nigerians from that
country despite living there for decades, the National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) has said.  NEMA said it has evacuated
all of the deportees Sunday night after they were stranded
following their eviction by Gabonese authorities. "The
evacuation was necessitated after the Gabonese authorities
issued an eviction notice to Nigerian fishermen living in Nende,
Mouka and Kenza Islands to move away even though majority of
them had lived there for several decades doing their legitimate
businesses," NEMA spokesman, Yusha'u Shuaibu said in a statement
yesterday.  The returnees, he said were flown to Port-Harcourt
International airport before their onward journey to their
respective states.  Yusa'u said most of the returnees are from
Bayelsa state with few from Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Imo and Abia
states, and they all signified their willingness to be returned
with their families after the eviction