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France has expelled a Tunisian Islamic religious leader for being "radical", France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on X, formerly Twitter. Nigerian authorities have arrested 50
"The radical imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi has just been expelled from the national territory, less than 12 hours after his arrest," Mr Darmanin said. suspected internet fraudsters, nearly all of them students of Kwara State
He was sent back to Tunisia via a Thursday evening flight, the Reuters news agency reported, citing French media reports. University in the west.
Mr Mahjoubi had caused controversy and eventually faced arrest after a video of him describing the "tricolour flag" as "a satanic flag" that has "no value with Allah" went viral earlier this week. The Economic and Financial Crimes
He did not specify which flag he was talking about, but many assumed he meant the French flag, which has three colours. Commission (EFCC) said in a statement on Thursday that the 48 students and
Mr Mahjoubi has denied wrongdoing and said that his statement in the video was misinterpreted. two others were arrested in their various hideouts following days of
"This is the demonstration that the immigration law, without which such a rapid expulsion would not have been possible, makes France stronger. We won't let anything go," Mr Darmanin said of the expulsion. surveillance.
France expelled Mr Mahjoubi under a new law that has reduced protections for foreign residents, making it easier for the government to forcibly remove them from the country. It said it recovered “nine exotic
Mr Mahjoubi's lawyer said he would appeal against the expulsion. cars, 24 laptops and different brands of phones” from the suspects, who are said
to have been living a lavish lifestyle.
The agency is also quoted by local media as saying that they “swung into action to free the state of corruption and
other nefarious activities of ‘yahoo-yahoo boys'”, referring to the name
given to online fraudsters.
The agency has posted on social media pictures of the suspects as well as the impounded items.
The suspects will soon be arraigned in
court upon conclusion of investigations, the EFCC said.
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