An alleged ISIS suspect, deemed dangerous by German authorities was among the 50 persons recently expelled from eight European countries.
This is as another German national, Mr. Brenard Christo, who slumped on Friday at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, has died at an undisclosed hospital in Lagos. The spokesman for the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, confirmed the death of the German on Saturday.
Alabi said the deceased was waiting to board a local Arik Air flight on Friday morning when he suddenly collapsed. He said medical personnel attached to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria rushed to the scene to assist the German citizen and was eventually taken to a hospital where he later passed on.
The deportees, who were arrested in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Spain and Hungary, arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Thursday. German news agency, dpa, reports that a 22-year-old man who was born in Germany, was sent to Nigeria.
He was arrested along with his partner, a 27-year-old Algerian, during investigation of planned attacks in February. Firearms, ammunition, flags of the Islamic State group and a machete were recovered by investigators.
The two men, according to amiloaded reporters were arrested after being under surveillance for some time. “We are sending a clear warning to all fanatics nationwide that we will not give them a centimeter of space to carry out their despicable plans,” said Lower Saxony.
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