H
undreds of Nigerian criminals will be
sent home to serve out prison sentences under a deal set to be struck by
ministers within weeks, according to a report by UK Daily Mail
Talks are continuing
into reaching a compulsory prisoner transfer agreement, which could see
more than half of the 500 criminals from Nigeria currently in UK jails
repatriated.
Prisons minister Jeremy Wright told MailOnline how 'more foreign prisoners must serve their sentences in their own countries'.
Ministers have been ordered to step up efforts to end the scandal of
more than one in eight prisoners being from overseas. David Cameron
vowed to end the practice of the British taxpayer picking up the bill
for criminals with no business in the UK.
Doubt if Nigerian prisoners would want to come serve the rest of their terms in Kirikiri. Continue..
