Four hundred Nigerians deported from the United Arab Emirates, UAE, have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, on X, formerly Twitter, said the deportees were received by officials from the Office of the National Security Adviser, in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons; the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP, and the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA.
“400 Nigerians, including 90 females and 310 males, have been deported from the United Arab Emirates, UAE, back to Nigeria, it stated.
“They were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja by the office of the National Security Adviser in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NAPTIP, NEMA and other stakeholders.”
On July 16, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), said 190 Nigerians were repatriated to Nigeria, with an additional 250 expected to return soon.
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO of NiDCOM, disclosed this during a visit to Ambassador Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, UAE Ambassador to Nigeria.
She visited the envoy few days after the UAE lifted the visa ban on Nigerians.
