Fresh batch of 167 Nigerians return from Libya

Fresh batch of 167 Nigerians stranded in Libya has returned to the country.

The new batch of returnees arrived on Monday at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja in Lagos at about few minutes to 8:00pm

The South-West Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Suleiman Yakubu, in company of other officials of the agency received them.

The flight Boeing 737-800 with Registration number 5A-DMH arrived at the airport with 145 male adults, 21 female adults, and one male.

Three of the returnees had medical cases and have been attended to by medical officials of NEMA alongside the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

Two were diagnosed with trauma-related ailments while the third person was diagnosed with a mental-related illness.

NEMA, however informed that the trauma related patients are in stable condition and the other has been referred to an appropriate hospital for adequate treatment.

Earlier, while receiving some of the returnees, Mr Yakubu enjoined them to learn from the bitter lessons they got in the course of their unpleasant sojourn and make better use of opportunities abound in Nigeria.

“There’s nowhere like home and Nigeria is a peculiar nation that God has endowed with bountiful resources that everyone can harness and prosper”.