238 Nigerians Evacuated From Turkey

Posted by Lanre Aerodove on July 05, 2020 in COVID-19 Travels | Comments : 0

Not less than 238 stranded Nigerian have been evacuated from Turkey. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission says.

According to NiDCOM, the evacuees who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 2:45 pm on Sunday July 5, will go on a 14-day isolation, in line with the guidelines set by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as well as the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.

The chairman of The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Abike Dabiri-Erewa, twitted as follows:

BREAKING.
EVACUATION UPDATE:

238 Evacuees arrive Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport, Abuja at exactly 2:45 pm local time from Turkey today, Sunday, 5th of July, 2020.
All evacuees tested negative to #COVID19 and will now proceed on 14 days self isolation as directed by PTF on COVID-19.