The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said it received 281 distressed Nigerians from Libya within 24 hours.
The returnees, who were assisted back home by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), were brought in two batches of 151 and 130 respectively.
While the 151 persons batched arrived the cargo section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) on Tuesday night aboard an Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG; the others were brought in Wednesday evening.
According to NEMA’s Lagos Office Coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye, the returnees were received by the agency’s Director General, Alhaji Mustapha Habib Ahmed.
He said those returned Tuesday night comprised 71 adult females, two of which had medical issues; 10 female children and seven girl infants; 54 adult males, .four boys and five infant boys.
