The National Emergency Management Agency, in collaboration with several key organizations, on April 8th, 2025, welcomed 144 Nigerian returnees from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Cargo Terminal, Ikeja, Lagos.
According to a statement shared by NEMA on Wednesday via their X handle, the group included 89 men, 35 women, 17 children, and three infants.
They arrived on a chartered Boeing aircraft from Al Buraq, registered as 5ADMG.
This evacuation effort was coordinated by the International Organization for Migration in partnership with NEMA, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons, Nigeria Immigration Service, Department of State Services, Port Health Services, and the Nigeria Police Force.
The statement read, “NEMA Lagos Operations Office, in collaboration with other stakeholders, received 144 vulnerable Nigerian returnees from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Cargo Terminal, Ikeja, Lagos on 8th April, 2025.
“The returnees arrived at 17:15 hours aboard an Al Buraq chartered Boeing flight with registration number 5ADMG.
“The group consisted of 89 males, 35 females, 17 children, and 3 infants. They were provided with necessary assistance by the International Organisation for Migration +IOM) in partnership with NEMA, NCFRMI, Nigeria Immigration, DSS, Port Health, and the Nigeria Police Force. Following the mandatory profiling and biometric exercise, the returnees were relocated to the Igando IDPs resettlement center for further reintegration programmes.”
