NEMA Director, North Central Zone, Bashir Idris Garga, has announced in a statement, the repatriation of 190 citizens by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to him, the he returnees were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 5:45am by a combined team of government officials led by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
As part of protocols, the returnees were profiled and documented by the relevant agencies, and were sensitized to behave with decorum and in a responsible manner on their return to Nigeria.
The Federal Government urged all Nigerians, wherever they may be to act as exemplary ambassadors of their country by upholding the fundamental values of patriotism, rule of law, decency, and integrity.