JUST IN: Coronavirus: UK announces three more flights for Britons in Nigeria
The UK government has announced three more charter flights to transport Britons from Nigeria.
Nigeria has also airlifted hundreds of its citizens from the UK, U.S., Saudi Arabia and others due to the pandemic which has caused over 300,000 deaths globally.Read the official statement from the UK government below.Hundreds more British travellers are set to return home from Nigeria on three flights chartered by the UK Government.
A UK organised special internal charter flight will travel from Port Harcourt to Abuja on Saturday 6 June to enable British nationals based in, or near, Port Harcourt to join the 6 June flight from Abuja to London.“Brits in Nigeria will now have access to additional repatriation flights, meaning hundreds more will be able to fly home. We’ve already arranged for around 1,700 people to return home to their friends and family and continue to support British nationals who remain in the country”.
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