Over two
thousand citizens of Nigeria stranded in the US are back home.
About 2,322
Nigerian citizens stranded in the United States have been evacuated, according
to the federal government of Nigeria.
This was
revealed by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Ferdinand
Nwoye. A statement released to this effect on Friday reveals that the last
evacuation flight for stranded Nigerians departed Newark New Jersey on
Thursday.
It is
contained in the statement that the flight departed on Thursday, 20th August
2020 around 21:51 hours and estimated to arrive in Abuja by 12:41 hours and
Lagos by 14:31 hours on Friday, 21st August.
“The flight
manifest includes 87 male, 111 female and 10 infants, with a total of 89
passengers for Abuja and 119 for Lagos. This last flight brought the total
number of stranded Nigerians evacuated from the USA to 2, 322 returnees.”
Recall that
on Thursday, the ministry revealed that 186 stranded emigrants took off about
18:40 hrs local time for Lagos from OR Tambo International Airport,
Johannesburg.
Nwoye
highlighted that the eight and last batch of evacuation flight from the United
Kingdom departed Gatwick Airport, London for Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport, Abuja on Friday, August 21, 2020, at 1.35 pm with 236 returnees.
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