Ibrahim Farinloye, acting coordinator of the Lagos territorial office of The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 162 Nigerians trafficked to Libya have been repatriated to Nigeria.
Farinloye, who disclosed this to NAN on Wednesday, said the returnees, who were stranded in Libya were received at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos
He said: “The returnees were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through voluntary repatriation programme for the distressed persons,”
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“They had left the country to seek for greener pasture in various European countries but could not afford to return when their journey became frustrated.
“The International Organisation for Migration since 2017 had assisted to bring about 21,000 distressed Nigerians back to the country.”
According to him, the returnees were 98 adult females, 28 adult males, 19 female children and five male children, nine female infants and three male infants.
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