“We have informed officials of Lagos State Ministry of Health and they are on their way to Seme border to evacuate the returnees to isolation centres in Badagry where COVID-19 screening will be conducted on them.”
NAN gathered that 39 out of the 53 returnees who came from Ghana were brought in two luxurious buses with registration numbers, Lagos KTU 833XY and LSD 614 YR.
An official of Port Health Services in Seme, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that the Nigerian returnees, comprising 39 males and 14 females, had been screened by health officials.“While those from Ghana came in two luxurious buses, the returnees from the Benin Republic were dropped here by different cars.
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