COVID-19: 261 Stranded Nigerians Evacuated From UK

Posted by Lanre Aerodove on July 15, 2020 in COVID-19 | Comments : 0

Not less than 261 stranded Nigerians have been evacuated from the UK. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission said.

According to NiDCOM, the evacuees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 19hour, 7 pm on Tuesday, July 14.
The evacuees which were supposed to arrive in the country on Monday were airlifted by Wamos Air Partner on Tuesday as Nigeria's AirPeace was not granted landing right by the UK government.

The NiDCOM twitted as follows

BREAKING NEWS.
EVACUATION UPDATE.

@flyairpeace flight operated by Wamos Air Partner UK conveying 261 Stranded Nigerians in the UK arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at exactly 7:00pm local time today 14th of July, 2020.
All Evacuees tested Negative to #COVID19 before boarding and are now on a 14-day self- isolation as mandated by PTF on #COVID-19

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