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By Christopher Oji
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 126 stranded Nigerians assisted back to the country from Libya.
The Director General of the agency, Mr. Mustapha Habib Ahmed, while addressing the returnees, urged Nigerians to be wary of close associates, family friends, neighbours and elders who would deceive them with sweet talks of better life in foreign lands.
The DG, who was represented by Southwest Spokesman of NEMA, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, said, “these people are found cashing-in as messiahs to helping Nigerians to slavery, which the victims would regret through the rest of their lives.”
Farinloye highlighted that the new deceit being used as destination points are: Iraq, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Egypt, but all their victims end up in connection houses in Libya.
“The returnees were voluntarily airlifted from Misrata, Libya, consisting of 62 adult females, six female children and four infant females. The males were 46 adults, two children and six infants by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
“The flight Al Buraq Air, with registration number 5A-DMG Boeing 700-787, landed at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, at about 1622 hours.
“Other agencies that joined NEMA were the Nigeria Refugee Commission, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Department of State Services, Police and Nigeria Immigration Service.”
