Human Rights Activist and Lagos lawyer, Mr.
Femi Falana (SAN), yesterday decried the
deportation of destitute from where they
reside to their states of origin saying it runs
contrary to the provisions of the
Constitution and therefore illegal. Falana, who was lending his voice to the
debate on the deportation of destitute from
Lagos to Anambra state, made this known
while addressing journalists in Ado-Ekiti,
the Ekiti State capital. The rights activist berated the Lagos State
government for the action but lamented
that almost all the states of the federation,
including the Federal Capital Territory, are
guilty of the offence. He said, “It will be wrong to restrict the
condemnation of illegal deportation to
Lagos State because many other states are
into this barbaric act. The deportation of
beggars by the Lagos State government to
Anambra State is illegal, it is against the constitution”.
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