A batch of 218 Nigerians have successfully returned from the volatile North African country of Libya. The batch which included seven pregnant women returned on Tuesday, 8th of May 2018 after they were stranded en route Europe.
The returnees were brought with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU).
They arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos about 3.44 a.m. aboard a chartered Libyan Airlines Airbus A330-200 aircraft with registration number 5A-LAU. They comprised of 46 adult females, five female infants, 161 adult males, two male children and four male infants.
Speaking to newsmen, one of the returnees named Ms Titilayo Kayode-Owojori from Ile Ife, Osun State, who is pregnant, regretted embarking on the ill-fated journey
She said:
“Nigeria is far better than where we thought we could get better lives. The Libyans live with the sweat of the blacks.
“If the Arabs see us working and collecting wages, they wait and burst our houses to collect the money. If they don’t see any money, they will kidnap us and ask us to call Nigeria to send us money to free ourselves. If we can’t raise money, we will be sold or imprisoned.”
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