Eric Patrick
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Lagos Operations Office, along with other important groups, have received 144 Nigerians returning from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Cargo Terminal, Ikeja, Lagos.
The returnees, comprising 89 males, 35 females, 17 children, and 3 infants, arrived aboard an Al Buraq chartered Boeing aircraft with registration number 5ADMG.
This was contained in a statement posted on NEMA’s X hand on Wednesday.
According to the statement, the evacuation was organised by the International Organisation for Migration working alongside with NEMA, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Nigeria Immigration Service, the Department of State Services, Port Health Services, and the Nigeria Police Force.
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The statement read, “NEMA Lagos Operations Office, in collaboration with other stakeholders, received 144 vulnerable Nigerian returnees from Libya at the Murtala Muhamed International Airport, Cargo Terminal, Ikeja, Lagos on 8th April, 2025.The returnees arrived at 17:15 hours aboard an Al Buraq chartered Boeing flight with registration number 5ADMG.
“The group consisted of 89 males, 35 females, 17 children, and 3 infants. They were provided with necessary assistance by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in partnership with NEMA, NCFRMI, Nigeria Immigration, DSS, Port Health, and the Nigeria Police Force.Following the mandatory profiling and biometric exercise, the returnees were relocated to the Igando IDPs resettlement center for further reintegration programs.”
