The International Organization for Migration and the Federal Government are working together on the Assisted Voluntary Return program. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 181 Nigerians who returned from Tripoli, Libya.
The agency posted about this on its X account on Tuesday, saying that its Lagos Operations Office worked with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons to bring the returnees back.
The statement said, “The National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos Operations Office, 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, “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 went on to say, “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 arrived, officials from the Nigeria Immigration Service did biometric registration and paperwork to make sure that the records were correct and that the people could easily reintegrate.
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, including food and clean water, medical care, ambulance services, luggage handling, logistics support, and counseling and coordination services.”
It also said, “The reception exercise went well and was done in an orderly way thanks to good cooperation between all the people involved, which made sure that the returnees got the support services they needed.”
