LIBYA SLAVERY: FOUR PREGNANT WOMEN, 140 OTHER NIGERIANS RETURNS HOME

The South West Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Suleiman Yakubu, received the returnees, alongside officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) , Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Police.

Penpushing further report that, the returnees were each given £100 (N35, 000) to settle down in Nigeria, while some state governments assisted them with transportation back home.

Similarly, Telecommunication company, Airtel, in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs,  gave the returnees free mobile handsets and sim cards to facilitate their reintegration.

Pensuhing also recalled that Nigerians had been stranded in the volatile North African country enroute Europe, with many being subjected to abuse, while  in 2017, 6,806 Nigerians were brought back from Libya through the efforts of the IOM and EU.