FGN FACILITATES RETURN OF 101 STRANDED NIGERIANS FROM LIBYA

Oru Leonard

A total number of 101 stranded Nigerians were repatriated back to Abuja, Nigeria on Friday from Libya.

According NiDCOM’s Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the Stranded Nigerians, including the 22 family members of suspected former members of ISIS that were killed in Libya as well as their children.

All evacuees came with Negative PCR test for Covid- 19 and landed at exactly 10.15 pm at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport GAT wing, aboard Airforce C130.

Officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NiDCOM, NCDC, NDLEA, NEMA, DSS, Immigration and Port Health were on hand to receive the returnees.

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