SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, (THEWILL) – 29 Nigerians, stranded in Lebanon, have been successfully evacuated to the country.
Among them is Peace Busari, who was put on sale on Facebook by her Syrian Employer in Lebanon, and Temitope Arowolo, who was said to have been wrongly accused of murder by her Lebanese employer.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), disclosed this on Saturday evening saying the evacuees were received by representatives from the Nigeria Diaspora Commission, the chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora and the Special Assistant to the Oyo State government.
NIDCOM has also disclosed that an Air Peace aircraft is in the process of evacuating stranded Nigerians in Malaysia and Thailand.
“Chartered @airpeace flight APK-7813 conveying Stranded Nigerians from Malaysia and Thailand departing Kaula Lumpur to Abuja and Lagos today with Evacuees from Malaysia and Thailand onboard,” the commission said in a tweet.
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It also noted that all evacuees have tested negative to COVID-19 and will proceed on a 14-day self-isolation on arrival.
