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155 Stranded Nigerians Including 8 Infants Return To Nigeria

155 Stranded Nigerians Including 8 Infants Return To Nigeria
September 19, 2023

155 reportedly traumatised and distressed Nigerians have been repatriated to their country.

 

The Nigerians were assisted back through a voluntary repatriation programme organised by the United Nation's International Organisation for Migration on Tuesday.

 

Their flight, Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG touched down at the Cargo Wing of Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja at about 1628 hours (4.28 p.m.).

 

According to information provided by the Lagos Territorial Coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye on Tuesday, the profiles of the returnees indicate that 110 adult women including two with critical health challenges, 15 female children and four female infants along with 14 men, eight male children and four male infants arrived in Nigeria aboard the flight.

 

Some of the returnees demonstrated their joy at the success of their return to Nigeria.