At least 289 Nigerians stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-related border closure have returned home.
An Ethiopian Airlines plane conveying the evacuees took off from New Jersey on Tuesday night and is expected to land at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday afternoon.
This is the fourth evacuation flight, which brings to 1,095, the total number of stranded Nigerians so far repatriated by the Federal Government from the US.
Two families of seven were dropped from this flight, according to the Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Benaoyagha Okoyen.
Okoyen said they were denied boarding for failing to present COVID-19 test results, which is a key requirement for the flight.
Meanwhile, FG has approved two more evacuation flights, scheduled to depart from Texas and New Jersey on July 31 and August 7 respectively.
Recall that Anaedoonline.ng reported that Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Saturday, confirmed the arrival of 269 Nigerians that were stranded in India in Lagos and Abuja.
The commission, who announced their arrival on its Twitter handle, said that the 269 Nigerians arrived Nigeria at 2:00 a.m.
NiDCOM said that evacuees were received from India at the Lagos and Abuja airports.
”103 in Lagos and 166 in Abuja passages arrived today, Saturday, June 13, at about 2:00 a.m, after a few hours of delay.
“All evacuees are now on compulsory 14 days Self Isolation according to the new Protocol,” it said.
It was gathered that 103 evacuees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while 166 others landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.
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