The officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) along with the office of the Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters, have received a total of 162 Nigerians stranded in the Islamic Republic of Libya who returned back home on Tuesday.

It was gathered that a chartered flight that brought the returnees arrived the cargo wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMA) where they were officially received at about 4pm.

He also said that the return of the stranded Nigerians were facilitated by the International Organization for Migration as on arrival, they were profiled, fed and assisted back to their various towns and homes.