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129 stranded Nigerians have returned from Libya, the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, In Lagos on Friday morning.
They were received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) upon arrival at the Murtala Muhammed Airpot Friday morning
The Director-General of NEMA, Alh Mustapha Ahmed, represented by the Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial office of the Agency Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development.
Farinloye said that the stranded Nigerians arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 2.09 a.m. with Boeing 737-800 Al Buraq Air, with registration number 5A-DMG.
He confirmed that the returnees were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
IOM is a voluntary repatriation programme designed for the distressed who left the country for greener pastures in various African and Europeans countries but find it difficult to sustain their stay in those countries.
Farinloye said that the returnees included 27 male adults, 74 female adults, four male and seven female children, six female infants and 11 male infants, including three males with mental health-related issues.
“We admonish the returnees on the need to realize that there’s no country better than Nigeria.
“Here you have all the freedom to achieve your potentials, looking for greener pastures in foreign countries is no longer a reality, those countries are not better off when you consider the challenges you encounter there and here.
“You are encouraged to be positive ambassadors toward advocacy and sensitization against irregular migration that leave the youths vulnerable to all sorts of abuses and death in extreme cases.
“Many are permanently disabled from traumatized torture, resulting in serious mental health challenges,” he said.