A Nigerian lady, Mrs. Kafayat Amusan, one of the stranded Nigerian travellers, returning from Dubai, UAE, has been delivered of a baby boy on board Emirates Airline departing to Lagos on Wednesday.
She put to bed, on board the plane, 30 minutes after departure, which resulted in the plane returning back to Dubai after take off .
According to the Head, Media and Public Relations, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abuja, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, she is currently on admission at an hospital in Dubai.
The Nigerian Ambassador in Dubai, Ambassador Rimi, and staff of the embassy are in touch with the mother and child who are in good condition.
Emirates Airline had to change to another aircraft which is on the way to Lagos with 265 returnees on board.
The Chairman/CEO of NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, congratulated Mrs Amusan for another addition in her family and prayed she returned safely to the country.
Dabiri-Erewa said she would return to Nigeria after obtaining birth certificate and other necessary travel documents for her baby boy.
