Early this week, 298 stranded Nigerians in Libya were flown back to their home country on separate chartered flights.
This was made public on Monday by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
The returnees were sent back to the country directly from a Libyan prison with assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations (UN) as part of their Migrants’ Protection and Assistance Programme, according to Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, territorial coordinator for NEMA in Lagos State.
On August 21, 2023, the first flight carrying 161 returnees touched down in Nigeria. On August 24, 2023, the second flight carrying 137 passengers arrived.
At around 5:38 p.m., an Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with the registration number 5A-DMG touched down at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja last Monday.
“They all returned to the nation with sad tales of painful experiences in Libyan prisons,” Farinloye said.
According to DAILY POST, the returnees got stuck in Libya while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.
