Another 171 Nigerians Voluntarily Return From Libya. Wetin Dem Go Do Dia?

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the aircraft landed at about 4:18 p.m. at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

No fewer than 171 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Tuesday aboard a chartered Nouvelair aircraft with registration number TS-1NB.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the aircraft landed at about 4:18 p.m. at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.


NAN reports that another batch comprising 161 Nigerians, had earlier on February 14 also voluntarily returned from the North African country where they had been stranded enroute Europe.
The new set of returnees were brought back by the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya.
They were received at the Hajj Camp area of the airport by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, the National Agency for the Protection of Trafficking in Person, NAPTIP, and the Police.

Also on ground to receive them were officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN.
The Director, Search and Rescue, NEMA, Salisu Mohammed, who gave a breakdown of the returnees, said they were made up of 49 males, 109 females, seven children and six infants.

Source: Saharareporters