Lagos — Three members of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, who violated a Tunisian immigration law and were therefore detained on arrival the country for the World Cup Qualifier match in Rade last week, were scheduled to arrive Lagos last night via deportation orders.

Impeccable sources revealed last night that the affected persons were detained by Tunisian security since last week after it found the Nigerians had entered the country without proper documentation.

A large contingent of Nigerians fans traveled to Tunisia to cheer the Eagles in the crucial Group B engagement. But these particular ones were arrested at the Tunis-Carthage International Airport by immigration officers after they discovered during entry formalities that they had arrived Tunis from Lagos without the valid traveling documents.

As a result of this, these fans were not able to see their dear team hold down their hosts to a goalless draw. But more than that, they were not released to travel back with their peers after the match.

In the course of their plight, the leadership of Supporters Club had approached the Sports Minister/ Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Engr Sani Ndanusa to intervene on their behalf since they were all on the same mission of cheering the national team, but the latter allegedly washed his hands clean off the matter saying it was beyond him.

Sources say the release of the fans now, who must have arrived back the country last night, was not as a result of anyone's intervention, but based on the fact that the Tunisians have satisfied their own due process of dealing with such issues. And having found out at the end of it all that the remanded fans were not in the country to engage in any acts of sabotage, espionage or illegal trade, they were finally allowed their freedom.