The Federal Government have repatriated five hundred and twenty-five Nigerians stranded by the coronavirus lockdown in the United States of America and Cyprus.
Three hundred and fifteen of them were airlifted to Abuja by the Ethiopian Airline while the remaining 210 came aboard a Turkish Airline.
The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, confirmed the arrival of the evacuees on her Twitter handle on Saturday.
Earlier, the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, had said on Twitter that the evacuees from the US departed Newark Airport, New Jersey at 23:27hrs on Friday
Those evacuated by the Turkish Airlines included students from Cyprus, Nigerian professionals in Turkey and few Nigerian professional footballers.
Oyeama said, ”Two more evacuation flights are expected from the US to Abuja and Lagos, on the 28th and 31st of this month.”
The Federal Government had on July 4 evacuated 335 stranded citizens from the US as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
