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As the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to rise in the country, another batch of 13 Nigerian returnees from Togo Republic have arrived at Seme Border Post in Lagos State.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the 13 Nigerian returnees from Togo arrived at Seme Border Post in Lagos State in a Toyota Coaster bus with Togolese registration number TG 5923 A in the early hours of Sunday.
According to NAN, the Nigerian returnees were resident in Togo but decided to return to their country following the outbreak of the COVID-19.
“The Nigerians were screened with the infrared thermometer by our officials when they arrived today. We have called Lagos State Ministry of Health and they have promised to come and evacuate them to the quarantine facility in Badagry,” a Port Health official told NAN at Seme border.
The arrival of 13 returnees from Togo on Sunday brings to 103 the total number of Nigerians that arrived through Seme border post after the border closure on March 21.
Recall that 67 Nigerians resident in Ivory Coast returned on April 8, at Seme border post in a luxurious bus with registration number Osun XA 240 EJG.
Another batch of 23 Nigerian returnees, who came from different parts of the world and landed in Lome, Togolese capital, on Ethiopian Airlines, arrived at the Seme border on April 19 and were quarantined in Lagos.