The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday that another batch of 250 Nigerians would voluntarily return to the country from Libya on Thursday.
NEMA’s spokesman for South-West Zone, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the returnees were expected
to arrive at the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO)/Hajj Camp
section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at about 3. 00 p.m.
More than 253 Nigerians had on April 25 voluntarily returned from Libya
aboard a chartered Libya Airlines — Airbus A330-200 — with registration
no. 5A-LAT.
The returnees comprise 102 males, 140 females and 11 children.
They were brought back by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya.
The returnees were received at the Hajj Camp of the airport by officers
of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the
Protection of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Police.
Also on ground to receive them were officials of NEMA and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.