The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday received 167 stranded Nigerians from Libya bringing the total number of Nigerians brought back to the country in the last four days to 532.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with Registration Number 5A-DMH, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 7:47pm.
The returnees were assisted back to Nigeria by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU).
They comprised of 21 adults female, 145 adults male and one child.
The Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihajja, who received the returnees confirmed that three of them had medical cases and were promptly given treatment by doctors and paramedics.
Maihajja, who was represented by the Southwest Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu, said two of the returnees were now in stable conditions while the third person had been referred to hospital for further treatment.
He advised the returnees to take advantage of these programmes to acquire vocational skills or further their education in order to contribute their quota to national development.
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