NEMA receives 102 stranded Nigerians from Libya

No fewer than 102 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya were received on Wednesday by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Lagos.

The returnees were officially received by Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA, on behalf of the Federal Government, according to the agency’s statement made available to newsmen.

The statement said of the 102 returnees, 96 were females, two males and four infants.

It added that the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, late Tuesday evening aboard an Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG.

It quoted the DG as saying that the Federal Government was committed to ensuring that Nigerian citizens were protected anywhere they found themselves.