256 Nigerians evacuated from United Arab Emirate arrive Nigeria

The 256 Nigerians who were earlier today evacuated from the United Arab Emirates UAE to Nigeria due to the Coronavirus pandemic have arrived Nigeria.

 The chartered aircraft that conveyed them touched down the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos at about 7pm this evening. They are currently being checked and will be immediately moved to an Isolation center in Lagos where they will be kept for 14 days.

Welcome home ! NCDC officials addressing stranded Nigerian returnees from Dubai. They will be proceeding to a location for compulsory isolation . All 256 tested negative for Covid 19 before boarding from Dubai pic.twitter.com/gHow6EKEO2

— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) May 6, 2020