About 38 Nigerians deported from the United Kingdom arrived Lagos in the morning hours of Thursday.
The deportees, who are mainly mothers and grandmothers, arrived the Murtala Muhammed international Airport, Ikeja, authorities said.
They arrived in Lagos early in one Home Office charter flight.
It was gathered that some members of LGBTQ communities seeking asylum were among the deportees.
Some of the deportees claimed they have lived in the United Kingdom for many years.
However, the Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BBC that the deportation bothers on violation of immigration-related offences.
It was gathered that the deportees were later conveyed to yet to be ascertained locations.