By Yunus Yusuf
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday received another batch of 168 stranded Nigerian returnees from Libya.
The Acting Coordinator, NEMA Lagos Territorial Office, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, received the returnees on behalf of the Director-General of NEMA at the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
Farinloye told newsmen that the returnees arrived in the country aboard a chartered Al Buraq airline with flight number UZ289/190 at 5:42 a.m after 12 hours delay.
He said that 38 female adults, five female children were returned with 109 adult males, six male children and 10 infants, among others.
He said that this had brought the total number of returnees from Libya from April 2017 to date to 8,096 males and 5,788 females.
“This has brought the total number of returnees brought to Nigeria from 16 countries to 15,731 since April 2017 to date.
Farinloye,…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
