Nigeria to evacuate 230 nationals from Libya, EU

Th e federal government has concluded arrangements to bring back home a fresh set of 180 Nigerians migrants trapped in Libya and 50 deportees from the European Union (EU) this week. While the Libya returnees will arrive in the country yesterday, the deportees from the EU would be received on Th ursday. A statement by Balogun Abdur-Rahman, the media assistant to Abike DabiriErewa, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign and Diaspora Aff airs, said the returnees will arrive through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport cargo terminal. He said the returnees will be profi led by airport offi cials and security agencies before being transported to their states of origin. While the Federal government has warned Nigerian about entering Libya illegally due to the persecution of black immigrants in the country, which is a popular transit point for many Africans seeking better lives in Europe, it has intensifi ed eff orts at repatriating Nigerians trapped in prison camps in the country. Reacting to a viral video and