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149 Nigerian Returnees Arrive Lagos From Libya

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National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 149 Nigerians who voluntarily returned from Libya.

The returnees arrived Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, aboard a chartered flight operated by Buraq Airline with registration number 5A-DMG.

The aircraft landed at about 10:45 p.m. at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The returnees comprised of 107 male adults, 37 female adults including a medical case, four female children and one female infant.

The Programme Manager of International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Lagos, Abraham Tamrat, handed the returnees over to Yakubu Suleiman, the South West Zonal Coordinator of NEMA.

Suleiman thanked the IOM and the European Union (EU) for facilitating the repatriation of the Nigerians who had been stranded en route from Libya to Europe.

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