One hundred and fifty distressed Nigerians have been voluntarily repatriated back from Niamey, Niger Republic.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that the returnees who voluntarily repatriated back to Nigeria were received by the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA.
The returnees according to National Emergency Management Agency NEMA came in through a chartered aircraft Sky Mali UR-CQX with registration number FMI 6001 and landed at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport at about 11: 20 am on Tuesday morning.
Speaking on behalf of the Director General of the Agency, Alhaji Mustapha Habib Ahmed, the
Coordinator of the NEMA Territorial Office, Ibrahim Farinloye said “the returnees consist of 98 Male adults, 11 male children and 2 male infants.”
“While female adults are: 24, female children are 13 and infant females are 2.”
Farinloye explained that the returnees were voluntarily repatriated back to Nigeria due to their inability to proceed with their journeys to their initial destination countries of choice by the International Organisation for Migration.”
The Head of Mission of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Mr Lauren de Boeck who witnessed the reception organised by NEMA praised the Nigerian government and most especially NEMA for synergy and partnership being enjoyed in their operations in the country.
Meanwhile, other agencies that participated in the operation are Nigeria Immigration Service, NAPTIP, FAAN, Nigeria Police and Nigeria Port Health Services.