No fewer than
253 Nigerians repatriated from Libya arrived at Murtala Muhammed International
Airport, Ikeja, on Tuesday. The returnees, who arrived aboard an airbus
belonging to Libyan Air, touched down at the airport around 6.45pm.
It was learnt
that the returnees were assisted back into the country through the intervention
of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Officials of
the National Emergency Management Agency were said to have provided them with
food and money for transportation back to their different destinations.
NEMA Public
Relations Officer, South-West zone, Ibrahim Farinloye, said while 148 of the
returnees were females, 105 were males.
He said, “The
assisted voluntary returnees arrived in the country around 6.45pm on Tuesday
aboard an airbus belonging to Libyan Air. A total of 253 people were received
by NEMA officials. Of the number were 140 adult females, four female children,
and four female infants. There were 102 male adults, two male children and one
male infant.”
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