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JUST IN: 118 Libya returnees to quarantine for two weeks in Abuja – NIDCO (PHOTOS)

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FG repatriates 22 slain ISIS fighters' families, 79 Nigerians from Libya* At least 22 family members of Islamic State fighters who died fighting in Libya were reportedly among 101 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Libya. The individuals, according to a statement by Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols, National Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abdur-Rahman Balogun, were received by officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs; NIDCOM; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control; National Drug Law Enforcement Agency; National Emergency Management Agency; Department of State Services; Nigeria Immigration Service and Port Health. The statement read, “The stranded Nigerians include the 22 family members of suspected former members of ISIS that were killed in Libya as well as their children. “All evacuees came with Negative PCR test for Covid- 19, and landed at exactly 10.15 pm at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport GAT wing, aboard Airforce C130.” That ISIS fighters are scattered across Libya, which has been engulfed in violent extremism since the death of Muammar Gaddafi, the country’s strong man. Gaddafi was killed in an uprising in the country in 2011



The 118 Nigerians who were reportedly stranded in Libya arrived Nigeria on Wednesday morning.

They were spotted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around 1:30 a.m. aboard Buraq Air after their evacuation yesterday.

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A cross section of the 118 Libya returnees resting at the airport lounge

The returnees, comprising 51 males, 41 females, 17 children and nine infants were seen coming into the airport lounge shortly disembarking from the plane.

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In a statement by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, the returnees would be quarantined at the Federal Capital Territory Hajj camp for 14 days in line with the new COVID-19 protocols by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.

Details later….

118 Libya returnees, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, COVID-19

Some of the Libya returnees sitting at the airport lounge

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