William Spindler, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, decried the precarious situation of women and children, which made up about 80 per cent of the approximately 10,000 registered refugees in Nigeria’s Cross River.
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the state, who received the returnees, assured them that government would provide adequate support and means of reintegrating them back to the society.
Some of the trained returnees made this appeal when they spoke with journalists in Benin on Thursday.
Okoduwa Solomon, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Anti-Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration, made the call while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Benin.
Martins Ejike, the South-South Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, made this known to newsmen on Sunday in Port Harcourt.
Alhaji Ahmed Goniri, Commissioner for Justice and Chairman of the repatriation committee, said the affected persons were repatriated to the country through the Port Harcourt international airport.
The state Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo, gave the promise when he received the returnees who were rescued from Libya by the Federal Government.
NAN reports that on Friday, the Federal Government announced the establishment of a reception centre in Port Harcourt for 5,037 Nigerians being evacuated from Libya.
Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja, the Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency, disclosed this at a joint news conference by the Federal Government delegation to Libya.
All the returnees will be temporarily camped at a Reception Centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, pending formal transfer to their states.
They arrived at about 4.55pm.
Ibrahim Farinloye, the spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency, South-West Zone, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihajja, made this known while receiving a fresh batch of 257 Nigerians who arrived from Libya.
Speaking at Idia College, in Benin, the venue where the returnees converged to collect the stipends, the Chairman of the Edo State Task force Against Human trafficking, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe, said the stipends would be paid for three months.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with Registration Number 5A-DMH, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 7:47 p.m.
“I want the public to know that we have some Nigerians who are not willing to return inspite of the unfavourable situations and the fact is that we can’t get them on the flight without their consent.
“We have visited the detention camps and also collaborated with the International Organisation for Migration to repatriate migrants weekly.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the returnees were brought back aboard a Libyan Airlines aircraft with Registration Number 5A-LAU.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the returnees arrived aboard a chartered Libyan Airlines aircraft with registration number 5A-LAR, which landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 10pm.