257 Libya Returnees Arrive Lagos

Chinedu Eze

Less than 24 hours after a batch of 157 Nigerian returnees from Libya arrived Lagos on Wednesday, another batch of 257 returnees arrived Lagos at about 6.05p.m thursday.

They arrived the cargo Wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport MMIA, Ikeja, aboard the Afriqiyah Airbus A330-300 with registration number 5A-OMR.

The returnees comprise 152 adults females and 82 adult males including nine children and 14 infants with one medical cases making a total of 414 within 24 hrs.

The journey was facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration IOM just as they were received by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and other relevant agencies.

The repatriation exercise spearheaded by IOM with a special assistant from the European Union (EU) has brought the total number to 6, 672 from January to 28th, December, 2017.