The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has received 177 Nigerian returnees from Libya, under the Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programme.
In a statement issued on Monday, NEMA said the returnees were received by its Lagos operations office in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI).
The agency said the repatriation was facilitated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the federal government.
According to NEMA, the returnees arrived at about 7:35 p.m. aboard an Air Buraq Airlines flight that landed at the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos.
The agency said the returnees comprised 151 adults, including 66 males and 85 females. NEMA added that 14 children, made up of eight boys and six girls, were also on board the flight. The remaining 12 returnees were infants, comprising five males and seven females.
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