18 Stranded Nigerians in Paris due to COVID-19 pandemic returns

It has come to our notice that about 18 Nigerians who were stranded in Paris due to the coronavirus pandemic have returned home.

The Chairman of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, announced this on Friday via Twitter.

She said that the 18 evacuees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed international airport, Lagos at exactly 2:50 pm on Friday from Paris, France.

Dabiri-Erewa also wrote that the flight was coordinated by the Nigerian Mission in France under Amb. Dr Modupe Irele and monitored by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission on a free chartered flight.

The evacuees would proceed on a 14 days self-isolation as mandated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control facility, Ministry of health and Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.