The Federal Government, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has facilitated the return of 281 Nigerians who were stranded and detained in various Libyan camps.
Kabiru Musa, the Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, revealed this information on Tuesday in a statement issued in Abuja.
Musa said that 159 evacuees comprise Nigerians freed from detention facilities in Libya, alongside an additional 122 being Nigerians stranded in the country.
According to Musa, the evacuees departing from Tripoli International Airport in Libya on Tuesday are scheduled to arrive at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport on the same Tuesday evening.
According to him, aboard the flight were 50 male adults, 94 female adults, and 6 infants.
