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153 Stranded Nigerians Return from Libya

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 03:27 pm

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday received another batch of 153 stranded Nigerians from Libya.

The Director-General of NEMA, Mr Mustapha Maihajja, represented by Mr Slaku Lugard, an official of the agency, received the returnees on Wednesday in Lagos.

Maihajja said that the Nigerians arrived in the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 3:45a.m.

According to him, they were brought by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and European Union on the platform of the Assisted Voluntary Returnees (AVR) Programme.

He added that the returnees comprised 59 female adults, four female children and seven female infants as well as 78 adult males, three male children and two male infants.

DAILY POST recalls that NEMA had received another batch of 171 stranded Nigerians from Libya.

Alhaji Idris Muhammed, Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, who was represented by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Public Information Officer, said that they arrived aboard an Al Buraq Airline aircraft with registration number 5A-DMG and flight number UZ 196/25.

Albert Echetah

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