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| Deportees numbering about 258 from Libya being profiled right on the tarmac on arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Photo Lamidi Bamidele |
One Hundred and Thirty
Eight deportees from Libya, Tuesday, arrived Nigeria aboard a flight with
registration number 5ADM at about 8.05pm, at the Cargo Wing of Muhammed Murtala
International Airport.
Those repatriated comprise 65 female adults, 2 teenage girls and 2
infants baby girls while the male adults are 64, 2 teenage boys and 3 infants
baby boys. Total adults that were brought back by IOM are 129 with 4 teenagers
and 5 infants making a total of 138 Returnees to Nigeria on the expression of
interest to return to the country through the assistance of International
Organisation for Migration (IOM)
They were received by National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, having
been stranded in Libya when their efforts at crossing over to Europe were
truncated due to difficulties in reaching their expected destinations.
NEMA South
West Zonal CoordinatorAlhaji Yakubu Sulaiman, who represented the Director
General welcomed the Returnees with spirits of National Day anniversary
celebration in arrears and urged them to see the brighter futures ahead of the
Country to avail themselves with various government initiatives at tackling
various intractable challenges that the country had faced with restoration of
hope for all Nigerians.
The Coordinator stated that
Nigeria is already on the right tracks to her lost glory with efforts to create
more job opportunities in various fields of endeavours.
Other Agencies
that joined NEMA in the exercise were National Agency for the Protection of
Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Police and FAAN139
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