An official said the evacuees were made up of 50 trafficked young women and 19 others.
The federal government on Sunday evacuated 69 Nigerians from Lebanon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, shared on his official Twitter handle.
About 1,039 Nigerians have been successfully repatriated from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and now Lebanon. “Honourable Minister, please stop looking away when it concerns stranded Nigerians in South Africa. We’ve been begging you for us to be evacuated back home for over 2 months. Things are getting out of hand. Please help us. We’re over 200 and not hear anything,” he tweeted at the minister.He had said “there are Nigerians in India, China, South Africa, Sudan, UK, US, France and so on.
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