253 Nigerian Evacuees Arrive Nigeria From UK
The second batch of 253 Nigerian evacuees from the United Kingdom arrived the Lagos International Airport at 1.45 pm on Friday
They were flown into the country on a British Airways aircraft Boeing 747 BA9155 with registration Number G-CIVO.
When they touched down, the evacuees were kept inside the aircraft for over 30 minutes and later disembarked through a motorised gangway rather than the avio-bridge.
After the usual temperature screening by officials of the Port Health services, the new arrivals were led into luxurious buses onward to the isolation centres.
Officials of the Lagos State government and that of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) and other partners in the evacuation process were on ground to ensure seamless facilitation of the evacuees.
The same aircraft which brought in the Nigerian evacuees also repatriated 215 British nationals from the airport.
It would be recalled that the first batch of 262 Nigerian evacuees were flown into the country on Wednesday 6th May 2020 from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, UAE through the Lagos Airport.
