August 29, (THEWILL) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has received a batch of 298 Nigerians who were stranded in Libyan prisons.
The agency, in a statement on Tuesday, said the returnees spent varying periods at various detention camps in the country.
They were repatriated back to the country in two separate chartered flights, the first with 161 returnees on August 21, while the second flight came on Monday, with 137 returnees.
NEMA said the second batch of returnees arrived Monday evening on board Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG, at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Cargo Wing, Ikeja.
“The returnees comprised 119 females who were mostly pregnant and 170 males with 3 female children, 3 male children and 3 infants.
“NEMA revealed that International Organisation of Migration (IOM), Port Health Service and National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRM) also received the returnees”, the agency added.
