Yobe Reunites 29 Libyan Returnees With Families

29 indigenes of Yobe State repatriated from Libya to Nigeria have been reunited with their families by the State government.

State Commissioner for Justice and Chairman of the repatriation committee, Ahmed Goniri, said the affected persons were repatriated to the country through the Port Harcourt international airport.

He said that the 29 persons willingly submitted themselves to be repatriated back to Nigeria due to scarcity of law and order in Libya.

Goniri, said the 29 returnees were fully screened by security agencies and health institutions are to ascertain their status before released into the society.

Also Musa Jidawa, Permanent Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said, “The timely response by Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam in providing logistics to evacuate the returnees from PortHarcourt facilitated speedy reunion of the returnees with their families and, decongestion of Port Harcourt camp.”