Some Nigerian deportees from Libya alighting from the plane at Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos recently. (Insert) Some African illegal migrants in a boat on the Mediterranean sea heading to Europe from southern Libya PHOTO: CNNA few hours after 144 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya, another aircraft carrying 257 of their compatriots on Wednesday landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The spokesperson for the Lagos Airport Police Command, Mr Joseph Alabi, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Alabi said the returnees arrived aboard a Libyan Airlines aircraft at the Cargo Wing of the airport at about 1.30 a.m.
He said they were assisted back to Nigeria by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) after being stranded in the volatile North African country enroute Europe.
Alabi said :”We received another batch of Nigerians early this morning from Libya.
Second Libyan aircraft carrying 257 Nigerians arrives in Lagos
