Lagos state govt allegedly deports 70 beggars to Northern Nigeria

Festive season! The Lagos state government has allegedly deported 70 beggars back to Kano state after they were found loitering the streets of Lagos. According to a local Hausa radio program monitored by Sahara Reporters in Kano state, the beggars most of whom are indigenes of Niger, Kaduna, Kebbi, Jigawa Zamfara and Sokoto states, said they were bundled from their begging points, held for several months before they were deported to Kano recently.