1,295 Nigerians voluntarily return from Libya in November

02 Décembre 2017

Abuja, Nigeria, December 2  (Infosplusgabon) - Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said that a total of 1,295 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in November after being stranded in the volatile North African country, enroute to Europe.

NEMA said that the Nigerians returned in various batches between November 6 and November 30, with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU).

The Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihajja, revealed this while receiving the fresh batch of 150 Nigerians who arrived the country on Thursday.

The returnees were brought back aboard a Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Registration Number:6A-DMG.

The returnees comprised of 13 female adults and one teenage girl while the male were 133 adults, two teenage boys and one baby boy.

On ground to welcome the returnees back home were officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigeria Police.

FIN/INFOSPLUSGABON/JKM/GABON 2017

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