EDO WITH HIGHEST NUMBER AS 162 STRANDED NIGERIANS RETURN FROM LIBYA

The 162 returnees of Nigerians stranded in the country as they were brought back by the Federal Government from Libya.

They were brought into the country on Tuesday through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

Breakdown of persons flown back include: 92 adult female, seven children, two infants, 61 adult male and three on medical care.

The returnees were received by officials of the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, International Organization of Migration, Police, Nigerian Army.

Others are National Emergency Management Agency, Nigeria Immigration Service and the Liaison Officer of the Edo State Government.

Edo State has the largest number of returnees.

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