The Lagos territorial office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has announced that they have been able to receive 180 Nigerians who were formerly stranded in Libya.
Announcing on their official X (Twitter) page on October 3, 2024, they shared that they had been able to recover a total of 180 Nigerians, consisting of
“67 females, 55 males, 45 children, and 16 infants”
In the post, they revealed that the returnees had arrived on Wednesday the 2nd of October, 2024, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airpot in Lagos, at 7:30 pm.
The post read;
“In continuation of voluntary evacuation of Nigerian nationals from Libya facilitated by International Organisation for Migration (IOM) , the NEMA lagos Territorial Office LTO and other stakeholders received a batch of 180 returnees on Wednesday 2nd October, 2024,” .
“The returnees arrived at about 1930hours aboard charter flight, Al-Buraq airline with registration no: 5A-DMG with 180 returnees on board. They comprised: 67 adult females, 55 adult males, 24 female children, 18 male children and 16 infants.”
“The returnees were taken through biometric profiling by Nigerian Immigration Service while other humanitarian supports were provided by other agencies of government. This was to ensure they were well received and had basic items to meet their immediate needs.”
