The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday received a total number of 162 Nigerians from Libya.
The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 2.10 am, after the aircraft reportedly took off from Tripoli, Libya at about 10.10 pm.
Their journey was facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through the Voluntary Repatriation Programme specifically made for the distressed who left the country to seek greener pasture in various European countries but could not afford to return when their journey became frustrated.
Since 2017, IOM had assisted over 22,000 distressed Nigerians back to the country.
The breakdown of the returnees are 98 adult females, 28 adult males, 19 female children, 5 male children, 9 female infants and 3 male infants.
Amongst the returnees were 5 who have various degrees of health-related issues.
Agencies on the ground that received the returnees were the Port Health Unit of the Federal Ministry of Health, National Commission for Resilience, Migration and IDPs, NEMA and the Nigerian Immigration Services.
