No fewer 424 Nigerians stranded in Saudi Arabia have arrived in Abuja on Friday.
The returnees are expected to embark on 14 days self isolation as prescribed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC and the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19.
Annoucing their arrival via a Twitter post, the Chairman, Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, wrote: “424 more Nigerians stranded in Saudi have arrived Abuja. They will proceed on the mandatory 14 days quarantine. We appeal to Nigerians to desist from illegal migration.”
On Thursday, about 384 Nigerians stranded Nigerians in Saudi Arabia arrived in the country.
Recall that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had disclosed on Wednesday that 802 Nigerians would return from Saudi Arabia on Thursday and Friday.
It said the citizens who were held at various detention centres over migration issues would be received at the NAIA by MFA officials.