He said the Nigerians returned aboard a BURAQ Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Registration Number 5A-DMG. According to him, the returnees comprise 10 adult females, 123 adult males and one infant, including a medical case. Farinloye said their return had brought the number of Nigerians repatriated from Libya in 2017 to 6,806. “The project of the repatriation is the programme of IOM with the funding for reintegration at the local level provided by EU. “IOM paid for their accommodation to stay overnight before proceeding to their various destinations,” he added.

Source: The Guardian December 30, 2017 09:33 UTC