Another batch of 257 Nigerians from Libya on Wednesday landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, a few hours after 144 Nigerians voluntarily returned from the North African country.
The Lagos Airport Police Command, Spokesperson, Joseph Alabi, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.
He said the returnees arrived aboard a Libyan Airlines aircraft at the Cargo Wing of the airport at about 1.30 a.m.
Alabi said they were assisted back to Nigeria by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) after being stranded in the volatile North African country enroute Europe.
Alabi said:”We received another batch of Nigerians early this morning from Libya.
“They comprised of 65 adult females, 179 adult males, seven children and six infants.”
He also confirmed that four of the returnees had medical cases and were promptly taken away on an ambulance for treatment.
According to Alabi, the returnees were received by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, Nigerian Immigration Service, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.