117 Nigerians stranded in three East African countries due to the coronavirus pandemic have returned home.

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117 Nigerians return home from East Africa – Punch Newspapers

According to report, the evacuees from Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, early yesterday.

The repatriation flight was conducted by a Nigerian airline, Azman Air.

The returnees, who tested negative for Covid-19 before departure, are expected to self-isolate for 14 days according to the protocol of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

They are also expected to take another Covid-19 test before rejoining the society.

It had earlier been reported that the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said over 6,000 Nigerians have been evacuated from more than 21 countries since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease.

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