160 Nigerians Return From Libya on Thursday — NEMA

By Anjorin Usman,
The National Emergency Management Agency has received another batch of 160 stranded Nigerians from Libya.

Alhaji Idris Muhammed, Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, confirmed the development to newsmen on Friday in Lagos.

Muhammed said the Nigerians arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at 7:50pm on Thursday aboard a chartered Nouvel Air aircraft and were received by NEMA and other government agencies.

According to him, they were brought back by the International Organisation for Migration and European Union under the Assisted Voluntary Returnees Programme.

He said, “The returnees are made up of 68 female adults, one female child and five female infants.