Girls in viral video rescued from Lebanon
The Federal Government, has concluded plans to evacuate 429 Nigerians stranded in Ukraine, India and Israel.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Ferdinand Nwonye.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to inform that in continuation of the evacuation of Nigerian nationals from different parts of the world, three evacuation flights are expected in the country on Thursday 13, August.
“Ukraine Klasjet Airlines is expected to convey 100 Nigerians from Kiev, Ukraine to Abuja. The flight will depart Kiev at 1am (local time) and the estimated time of arrival in Abuja is 8.00am. More so, Air Peace Airlines is expected to convey 313 Nigerians from New Delhi, India to Lagos, and the estimated time of arrival of the special flight is 11.00pm,” Nwonye said.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has evacuated 94 Nigerian girls who were stranded in Lebanon including those who appeared in a recent viral video.
The ladies arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Wednesday, August 12, in a special flight organised by the Federal Government following the viral video where the girls were seen pleading for help.
The Middle East Airline (MEA) flight which conveyed them arrived by 5 p.m and they were recieved by the Executive Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa and representatives of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP).
Among the young ladies, 54 of them who were from Oyo State were received by the Senior Special Assistant to the Oyo State Government on Diaspora, Bolanle Sarumi Aliyu.
The Lagos State Territorial Office Coordinator of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the agency would accommodate them in a hotel for a night and later on, give them stipends to go to their respective destinations on Thursday, saying they would also benefit in the ongoing Public Works Programme of the government.
Addressing newsmen at the arrival hall of the airport, Dabiri-Erewa said about 300 of the girls would be recieved in three different flights, saying another flight with 104 girls is being expected.
She advised girls who were in Lebanonw irregularly to take advantage of the gesture of President Muhammadu Buhari who approved the evacuation flights to return home, saying the Lebanese government had abolished work visa.
