15,316 Nigerians in various prisons abroad – official

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Abuja – No fewer than 15,316 Nigerians are in various prisons abroad, with the largest number of 752 in the UK, Mr Abdulazeez Dankano, the Director, Consular and Immigration Services, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said.

Dankano on Monday in Abuja said that many of the prisoners were in the Asian-pacific region for drug-trafficking related offences.