292 evacuees arrive Nigeria from Saudi Arabia

No fewer than 292 evacuees have arrived Nigeria from Saudi Arabia, yesterday.

This was made public by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama.

According to the Minister, the Government of Saudi Arabia bore the travel cost in airlifting Nigerians to Abuja.

The flight majorly consisted of nursing mothers and children.

"They are all comfortably settled in hotels under the mandatory 14 days quarantine," Onyeama said in a Twitter post.

We received 292 evacuees stranded in Saudi Arabia yesterday. The Saudi Government transported them to Abuja. A large number are nursing mothers and children and they are all comfortably settled in hotels under the mandatory 14 days quarantine. #COVID19 #PTFCOVID19 @NigeriaGov

— Geoffrey Onyeama (@GeoffreyOnyeama) May 20, 2020