The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 174 stranded Nigeria’s who voluntary returnees from Libya.
The returnees were received at the airport by the Acting Zonal Coordinator of NEMA South West Zonal Officer, Segun Afolayan and other federal government agencies.
The returnees which comprised of 61 female adults, 4 female children and 8 female infants with 91 male adults, 6 male children and 4 male infants along with unaccompanied Male child were brought back to Nigeria through the IOM with support from the European Union in the ongoing Assisted Voluntary Repatriation programme.
They arrived the Cargo Wing of MMIA o board Al Buraq Air at 1:10 am on Friday morning.
Amongst the returnees are 10 families, three minor medical cases and 3 pregnant women
Afolayan while receiving them implored them to take precautions with any information that seems to be very easy at getting rich especially when it involves traveling outside Nigeria, adding that most of the conveyors of these messages will not be sincere with the truths.
A returnee, Chukwudi Onyemechie, 30 years old from Anambra, he was a successful auto tyres dealer at Ladipo Market Lagos regretted to be fooled by the promised of better life in the Europe.
He narrated that a man convinced him that he could help him travel to France and linked him to his friend at Libya.
Chukwudi said he sold off his wares and took off to Benin Republic from where his journey to Libya began. I was told that that the journey would be by road but I never knew that it was a deadly and dangerous routes, Chukwudi explained
I entered Libyan town where I was taken to a camp controlled by Nigerians where I spent 3 months in detention.
My trafficker organised my detention in other that I would be forced to pay him money.
He asked me to some pay amount to a connection man who denied that I didn’t pay and my trafficker claimed he settled the man and I have to double the amount.
I left Nigeria in June, 2017, I experienced unstable and dangerous life over there.
After struggling to cross but unsuccessful, I was helped to get to IOM office in Libya who helped me back to Nigeria today.
I am proud to be a Nigerian, a peaceful and naturally endowed country.
Though, we have challenges but we are better and I am happy to be back.
My advice to youth is that they should never think of traveling to Libya for anything, if you must travel, it is better to take a regular routes and seek proper information befotre taking decision.
Also, Ajasa, Kikelomo, a mother of one from Ibadan, Oyo State left Nigeria in 2016 with the hope of getting better job.
A National Diploma of Hotel and Tourism graduate said she wanted to leave Nigeria because of the various challenges that her family are facing.
Her husband encouraged her to travel.
She regretted her ordeals in Libya, I got to Libya with God as my saviour but the racial discrimination by the Libyan are too bad.
If you’re unfortunate to enter bus and sits beside a Libyan, throughout the journey, the Libyan will not wants your body to touch his own and he would cover his noise throughout.
Though, some of them are very nice and good but majority especially the youths don’t wish well for the blacks
Mrs Ajasa said she got housemaid job where she was being paid 60 000 approximated Nigeria Naira of Libyan 6,000 dinars.
See if I want to send 20,000 naira to Nigeria, I must part away with 40,000 or 50,000 naira before my family will get the 20,000 naira. There is no banking system there. Nigerians who had settled down are the launderers, they have their Nigerian bank accounts. Once, we pay them there in dinars, we don’t know how they transmit the money our families will receive what we agreed on their bank accounts here in Nigeria.
I am not happy for the wasted years, if I had stayed back, I could have been more settled and successful.
My husband left for Dubai last year but tonight he will be coming back too.
Nigerians should be proud of what they have and work instead of traveling outside looking for what riches that are not available outside.
