A chartered flight that brought the returnees arrived the cargo wing of Murtala Mohammed
International Airport where they were officially received at about 4pm .
Director General of NEMA was represented by the Deputy Director Search and Rescue Dr Onimode while the Special Assistant to the President Hon
Abike Dabiri was represented by Mr Abdulrahman Balogun.
Breakdown of the returnees as given by Dr Onimode shows that 61 of them were males and
101 females. He further explained that among the
males were 2 children and 7 infants while the females had 7 children and 2 infants.
He also said that the return of the stranded Nigerians were facilitated by the International
Organization for Migration as on arrival, they were profiled, fed and assisted back to their various towns and homes.
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