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161 stranded Nigerians arrive from Libya 

 

CITIZENS COMPASS —Another batch of distressed and stranded 161 Nigerians have been repatriated back to the country from Tripoli Libya. 

The Al Buraq Air with registration number 5A-DMG and flight number, BRQ189/07.TSINK.MJI conveying the stranded Nigerians, arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, at about 2305 hours. 

The profile of the new Returnees indicates that 100 adult females and 37 adult males were returned to Nigeria. 

Among the Returnees were nine female children and seven male children out of which four females and males were aboard the flight that departed Tripoli at about 1722 hours. National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP), Refugee Commission and Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were at hand to receive the Returnees. 

 

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