Sahara Reporters made it known that the Lagos State government has deported 70 northerners who were found publicly begging; an act which has been banned in the state.
The beggars were said to have been bundled out of Lagos state where they were stationed and are presently in Kano State.
However, a local Hausa radio program monitored in Kano, made it known that the deportees complained that they were held for months and exposed to hardship before they were brought to Kano.
Some of them were said to be originally from Niger, Kebbi, Jigawa, Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara states.
It would be recalled that just few days ago, three fake beggars landed in trouble while trying to extort money from unsuspecting members of the public under the guise of being blind in Delta state.
