About 239 stranded Nigerians were on Tuesday, November 28, returned to Nigeria after being evacuated from Libya. The returnees comprising men, women, pregnant girls and children – arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 9:15pm as they were received by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI).
A total of 3,480 young Nigerians, mostly girls, were returned from Libya in the last 10 months, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI) has confirmed.
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