The first batch of 160 Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The evacuees, according to reports included eight infants, made the first batch of evacuees.
The returnees came aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft under the special flight arrangements by the federal government for nationals stranded abroad.
The aircraft departed the Newark International Airport, New Jersey, on Saturday around 8:20pm local time (1:20am Nigerian time on Sunday).
“ET Flight 8509 conveying 160 Nigerian evacuees from the US has safely arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja,” said the minister of foreign affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama who confirmed their arrival.
Onyeama also said on arrival, the evacuees would be quarantined for 14 days in Abuja before leaving for their respective destinations in the country.
