Rebecca Ejifoma
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday received a batch of 174 stranded Nigerians from Libya.
The returnees included 69 female adults, five female children, and 10 female infants were brought back. Others are 75 male adults, 12 male children and three male infants.
According to reports, 23 returnees had minor medical cases.
They were brought back aboard Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG. It landed at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport at about 3.35pm.
The Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed received the new batch on arrival.
Ahmed was represented by the Lagos Territorial Office Coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye.
Meanwhile, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with the European Union has been repatriating thousands of stranded Nigerians from various countries since 2017 through a special Assisted Voluntary…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
