Migrants: 128 Nigerians deported from LibyaPulse News Agency

A batch of 128 Nigerians deported fromLibya arrived in Lagos on Thursday aboard a chartered Airbus A320 Afriqiyah aircraft with registration number 5A-ONA.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the aircraft landed at 5.35p.m at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.The deportees, comprising 126 male, two female, were flown back into the waiting hands of officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Police.Also on ground were officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).The two females and four male deportees had medical cases.The Director General, NEMA, AlhajiMustapha Maihaja, represented by MrSuleiman Yakubu, Zonal Coordinator, South West, NEMA, used the occasion to counsel Nigerians not to be deceived by phantom promises in their quest for pastures.He said that one of those who returned had sustained bullet injuries all over his body had been stretchered into a NEMA ambulance.Maihaja said the victim would be taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for proper medical attention.He advised Nigerians to stay back and contribute their quota to the socio-economic development of the countr