The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received 116 of the Nigerians returnees, who volunteered to be repatriated back to Nigeria from Libya.
The Acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye,who received the returnees on behalf of Mr Mustapha Maihajja, the Director-General of the agency said that the Nigerians arrived the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, late hour on Wednesday night.
According to him, the returnees were brought via Al Buraq Air Boeing 737 Aircraft with flight number UZ 188/26 and registration number 5A-DMG-MJI.
He said that the returnees were brought by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and European Union on the platform of the Assisted Voluntary Returnees (AVR) Programme.
Farinloye said after profiling, the returnees comprised 48 female adults, two female children, five female infants as well as 53 male adults, five male children and three male infants.
Other agencies that received the returnees included the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
(NAN)