The National Emergency Management Agency has reported the arrival of 152 Libyan returnees and 104 stranded individuals from N’Djamena, Chad Republic.
Libyan returnees were met in the Cargo Wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, while Chadians were met at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano.
According to Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos Coordinator of NEMA, the 152 Libyan returnees included 25 children and 127 adults, and they were returned to the country with the support of the International Organization for Migration and the Nigeria Embassy in Libya.
“The Director-General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, greeted the Assisted Voluntary Returnees at the Cargo Wing of Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja,” according to the statement.
“The returnees landed about 4.38pm onboard an Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with the registration number 5A-DMG.” According to the profiles of the returnees, 54 adult females, seven children, and three newborn females were brought back.
“The batch also included 73 adult men, including those with medical issues, eight male youngsters, and seven newborn boys.” The International Organization for Migration and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya worked together to help the stranded Nigerians who had failed to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.”
Farinloye stated that the Director-General was represented by Ms. Adenike OgunKunle, Chief Executive General Service.
In addition, the Agency’s Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr. Nuradeen Abdullahi, who was represented by the Chief of Human Resources, Suleiman Sa’ad-Abubakar, greeted the Chad returnees on Tuesday about 2.15pm in Kano.
According to him, the returnees were flown to Nigeria by SKY MALI Airlines, which is operated by an Ethiopian Airline B737-500 with the registration number UR-CQX.
According to the organizer, the returns include 34 men, 18 women, and 52 children from Kano, Katsina, Borno, Akwa Ibom, and Yobe states.
“Under a voluntary repatriation program, the returnees were transported back from N’Djamena under the supervision of the International Organization for Migration.”
“The initiative is for the troubled who fled the nation in search of greener pastures in European countries and were unable to return after their trip got disappointed,” he explained.
