April 19, (THEWILL) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another set of 107 stranded Nigerians from Tripoli, Libya.
The returnees were brought in on Tuesday, aboard Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG, which landed at about 3:45 pm at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The returnees include 48 adult females including 3 medical cases, 5 female children and 1 infant female; 49 adult males, 3 male children and 1 male infant.
Receiving the returnees on arrival, Director General of the Agency, Mustapha Habib Ahmed, said the number added up to a total of 690 assisted voluntary returnees so far brought in 5 flights through the Murtala Muhammad International Airport.
Represented by the Chief Relief and Rehabilitation Officer, Aziz Afunku, the DG further elaborated that in February, a total of 105 stranded Nigerians were repatriated with an additional 281 assisted back to the country in March.
Since April 2023, a total of 259 have so far been assisted back into the country.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), with the support of international partners, have been assisting distressed Nigerians stranded in Libya back to the country since 2017.
