An additional number of 465 Nigerian migrants have been evacuated from Libya, making it the fourth batch of arrivals at the Port Harcourt international airport since the evacuation exercise began one month ago. TVC News Correspondent Uche Okoro reports that the latest flight conveying returnees from Libya to Nigerian touched down at the Port Harcourt International Airport at around 12:30 am three weeks since the last batch arrived.
The break between the last two arrivals has also been blamed on the crisis in Libya, however a thing of joy for the coordinating agency, NEMA that the response of state governments in Nigeria to the exercise has now improved.
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1955 Nigerians have so far been evacuated from Libya while an additional 3082 are still being expected.
