Nigeria evacuates 324 stranded citizens from US - NIDCOM

At least 324 stranded Nigerians will return to the country today from the United States on a repartriation flight.

The Nigeriaan in Disapora COmmission, NIDCOM, made the announcement on its official Twitter account on Saturday morning.

According to the statement, the stranded Nigerians will return via an Ethiopin Air flight and will land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Saturday afternoon.

NIDCOM says that this will be the third batch of evacuees from the U.S. arranged by the Federal Government in two months, bringing the total number of evacuees to 811.

"The third evacuation flight from the United State of America departed Newark, New Jersey to Abuja via Ethiopian Air with 324 evacuees at exactly 2330HRS on Friday 17th July 2020 to arrive at about 15:45pm today Saturday 18th July.

"All Evacuees tested Negative to #COVID19 before boarding and will proceed on a 14 day SELF-ISOLATION as mandated PTF on #COVID-19 after landing."