The International Organization for Migration and the Federal Government worked together to bring back 181 Nigerians from Tripoli, Libya, through the Assisted Voluntary Return program run by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
The agency said this in a post on its X account on Tuesday. It said that its Lagos Operations Office worked with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons to help the returnees.
The National Emergency Management Agency’s Lagos Operations Office, working with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons, has received 181 Nigerian returnees from Tripoli, Libya, as part of the ongoing Assisted Voluntary Return program run by the International Organization for Migration in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The agency also said that “The returnees arrived on April 27, 2026, at about 20:13 hours at the Cargo Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, on an Air Buraq Airline flight with registration number 5A-BAB.”
It also said, “The breakdown of the returnees includes 159 adults, 64 males and 95 females, 12 children, 5 males and 7 females, and 10 infants, 6 males and 4 females.”
The statement says that when they got there, officials from the Nigeria Immigration Service did biometric registration and paperwork to make sure the records were correct and to make the reintegration process go smoothly.
The agency said, “In line with the Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring the safe, dignified, and humane return of its citizens, the returnees were given immediate humanitarian assistance, such as food and clean water, medical care, ambulance services, luggage handling, logistics support, and counseling and coordination services.”
It went on to say, “The reception exercise was carried out successfully and in an orderly manner thanks to good cooperation between all the relevant parties, which made sure that the returnees got the support services they needed.”
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