268 Nigerians who were evacuated from China have arrived in Abuja. The evacuees landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport on Saturday afternoon.
Disclosing this in a tweet, the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the returnees would proceed on compulsory 14 days quarantine as stipulated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
268 stranded Nigerians arrive Abuja airport about 2.30 pm today ,from China . They will be proceeding for the mandatory 14 day quarantine pic.twitter.com/FBoNazGB9H
— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) May 30, 2020
Some of the nationals had faced serial racial discriminations in Guangzhou, China, from provincial officials.
They were reportedly evicted from their apartments and hotels following their alleged refusal to go for the mandatory quarantine imposed by the Guangdong Provincial authorities sequel to the outbreak of coronavirus.
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The Chinese authorities said they subsequently provided free hotel accommodations for 207 Nigerians.
The government said the beneficiaries included Nigerians who were evicted from their hotels and apartments by officials in the wake of the compulsory quarantine and testing of foreigners for coronavirus by the Guangzhou Municipal Authorities.
