THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested to know from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) how a Kenyan aircraft 'disguised' and flew into the country with some deported Nigerians, last week.
A top official from the Ministry, who preferred anonymity, said letters were written to the two agencies, last week Thursday, with a view to know their level of culpability, if any, in the saga that has ruffled diplomatic feathers between Nigeria and Kenya.
Consequently, the local aviation firm, which handled the aircraft, is also in serious trouble.
Both NAMA and NCAA are yet to reply to the queries.
Just last week, the trio of Oluwatosin Adebiyi, Chinedu Ifedigbo and Christoper Nalyelu were deported with Nigeria claiming that Nairobi flouted all known international law and diplomacy in deporting her citizens.
The source told The Guardian Saturday that the Kenyan government brought a legislative order from their Minister of Interior to deport foreign nationals.
He disclosed that in international law, the municipal law, which falls under the Kenya minister's purview, must be domesticated in another country before that law can be binding on another country.
He further noted that Nigeria and Kenya do not have bilateral agreement on immigration for Kenya's legislative law to be binding on Nigeria.
He said: "Based on this, they do not have the right to deport without recourse to proper documentation from Nigeria's High Commission in Nairobi.
"Where you do not have valid passport, intending deportees are to be issued with Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC), which is a travel document to enable them to return to Nigeria."
According to him, the Nigerian government does not have problems with deportation of her nationals, but it must be done legally.
The Guardian