Just In: Jubilation as stranded Nigerian ladies in Lebanon return home! See video👇
No less than 92 Nigerians, including the ladies who cried out for help in a viral video last month have returned home after being stranded in Lebanon for months.
The 92 Nigerians arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja a few minutes ago and the Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa was on ground to welcome them.
On hand to welcome home 94 Nigerians stranded in Lebanon for months . A big thank you to the Lebaneese Amb to Nigeria, the Nigerian Mission in Lebanon, the Lebaneese Community in Nigeria for making this possible Nema is handling their logistics . More returning soon pic.twitter.com/L7dIadVnkJ
— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) August 12, 2020
The Minister also took to her Twitter page to confirm their arrival and she said they all tested negative to COVID-19 while the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is handling their logistics.
The ladies couldn’t hide their excitement to be back home as they showered praises and prayers on the Minister, the Nigerian Government as well as the Nigerian Commission in Lebanon.
See video here 👇
Our stranded girls in Lebanon.. Ecstatic to be back home pic.twitter.com/wdLmY4Nfqz
— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) August 12, 2020