A total of 238 Nigerians who were stranded in Turkey due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have arrived in the country.
This was disclosed by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Twitter on Sunday.
According to NIDCOM, the evacuees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday afternoon from Turkey aboard a Turkish Airlines’ flight.
The commission explained that all returnees tested negative for COVID-19 before boarding and will proceed on self-isolation for 14 days.
BREAKING.
EVACUATION UPDATE:238 Evacuees arrive Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport, Abuja at exactly 2:45 pm local time from Turkey today, Sunday, 5th of July, 2020.
All Evacuees tested Negative to #COVID19 and will now proceed on 14 days SELF-ISOLATION as mandated PTF on #COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/3m3lK1TJEh
— Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (@nidcom_gov) July 5, 2020
On Saturday, the agency said 109 Nigerians arrived the country from India via an Air Peace flight.
“35 evacuees [will] disembark in Abuja while 74 will proceed to Murtala Muhammed Int’l Airport, Lagos,” it explained.
Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, had in May disclosed that over 4,000 Nigerians are waiting to be evacuated across the world back home.
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