The deportees were returned into the country through the assistance of the Organization for Migration (IOM), which has over the past two years been assisting Nigerians who were stranded in Libya to return home.
Again, 161 Nigerians were early this morning returned to the country via the Murtala Muhammed Internional Airport (MMIA), Lagos from Libya.
The chartered aircraft that brought in the returnees touched down at the airport at exactly 3:10am with officials of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on hand to receive them.
A source close to the scene told our correspondent that the returnees comprised of 90 females and 61 males, while some of them returned with severe and minor medical attention.
The deportees were returned into the country through the assistance of the Organization for Migration (IOM), which has over the past two years been assisting Nigerians who were stranded in Libya to return home.
Apart from NEMA, other Nigerian agencies on ground to receive them included officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking (NAPTIP), Aviation Security (AVSEC), and officials of Port Health Services at the international wing of the airport who attended to returnees with medical issues.
All the returnees had entered Libya through several illegal channels with the hope of entering Europe, but were stuck in the war-torn East African country.
Some of them it was gathered had been in the country over three years while others were picked from different detention camps in Tripoli and other major cities in Libya.
About two weeks ago, 180 Nigerians were equally repatriated from Libya for the same reason.
No fewer than 2,000 Nigerians have returned from Libya in the past one year through the Lagos Airport with many of them lamenting their sordid treatment in the North African country.
The returnees had comprised 70 female adults including nine pregnant women, 90 male adults, three Children and eight infants while eight of them returned to the country with bad health related issues.