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Nigerian migrant trapped in Libya has opened up on her tortuous time in
the country while she was seeking greener pasture abroad.
Mrs Ifeoluwa Adeosun
Another 140 Nigerians who voluntarily agreed to return to Nigeria
from Libya where they have been stranded on Tuesday arrived the Murtala
Muhammed Airport (MMA) Lagos, aboard a Libyan Airlines plane.
One of the returnees described her experience in Libya as living in
hell. Mrs Ifeoluwa Adeosun, an indigene of Owo in Ondo State, said she
sold all her property to travel to Germany when her husband, Adeosun
died. She however lamented that she suffered a lot while in Libya.
She said she decided to go abroad in search of the means to take
care of her children after the demise of her husband. She thanked IOM
and Federal Government for her trip back to Nigeria,
Adeosun appealed to the Federal Government to evacuate other Nigerians in Libya, adding that they are suffering there.
Among the 140 returnees were 74 adult females, 52 adult males, one
female child, two male children, three female infants, two male infants
and six unaccompanied kids, out of which five are female and one male.
Alhaji Muhammad Sani Sidi, Director General, National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA), said the International Organisation for
Migration (IOM), facilitated their journey back into the country.
Sidi, who was represented by Dr Onimode Bandele, Deputy Director, Search and Rescue, NEMA said:
“What makes this special is that we have four minor accompanied among them.
“We have to do proper training to see that these people are united with their families.
“We have three medical cases on board and our doctors are aware of their cases and waiting to attend to them,” he said.
The director general thanked the IOM that made it possible for the
Nigerians to return home and the Nigeria government who mobilised
different agencies for the exercise
He advised the returnees to stop running away from the country,
adding that they should stay to develop the country together with their
compatriots.
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