The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, on Thursday, received another set of 158 stranded Nigerian returnees from Misrata, Libya.
The Head, NEMA Lagos Territorial Office, Alhaji Idris Abubakar Muhammed, received the returnees on behalf of Federal Government along with other national agencies.
The breakdown of the set of returnees indicates that 56 adult females, three female children and five female infants in addition with 84 male adults, five male children and five male infants were brought back by the IOM.
The returnees were brought back in a chartered flight, Al Buraq Air, which landed at Cargo Wing of MMIA at about 12:55 a.m. on Thursday had eight pregnant women and seven minor medical cases.
Other agencies that joined NEMA in receiving the returnees are NAPTIP, Refugee Commission and the Immigration Service.
