The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Federal Government, on Tuesday, repatriated 162 more stranded Nigerians from Libya under its continuous voluntary evacuation exercise.
This was revealed in a statement by Mr Kabiru Musa, Charge d’Affaires of the Nigerian Mission in Libya made available to newsmen in Abuja.
Musa stated that the 162 evacuees including 94 male, 41 female, 14 children and 11 infants arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Tuesday.
He stated that the Nigerian Mission in Libya under the directives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had carried out a series of evacuation exercises of stranded Nigerians in Libya.
This, Musa explained, is in fulfilment of the Federal Government’s pledge of not allowing any of its citizens to remain stranded abroad.
Musa stated that the stranded evacuees are victims of irregular migration, human trafficking,
forced labour.