India deports Nigerian for drug trafficking

Indian policemen

Indian authorities have deported a Nigerian national, Victor Obasi, for illegal stay in the country and alleged drug trafficking.

According to the Times of India, Victor, a resident of New Delhi, was apprehended by the Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing in the Tolichowki area of Hyderabad late last month.

The police were said to have intercepted him moving under what they described as suspicious circumstances.

The news platform added that his passport and visa had expired years ago, and he was unable to produce any valid documentation during questioning.

“Following his arrest, authorities initiated deportation proceedings in coordination with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office, Hyderabad, and the Nigerian High Commission in New Delhi.

“Because Victor’s travel documents were no longer valid, the Nigerian mission issued him an Emergency Travel Document, while Indian officials provided an exit permit to facilitate his removal. He was subsequently flown back to Lagos, Nigeria, from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on January 13, 2026,” the platform wrote.

PUNCH Metro learnt from the platform that Victor originally entered India on a tourist visa via Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on December 31, 2011, and later established himself in various business ventures, including a cloth export trade and operating a restaurant in Delhi. Punch