The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has confirmed the authenticity of the video recently went viral on social media, whcich captured some stranded migrants in Libya.
The spokeman for NEMA in the South-West, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, told our correspondent on Monday that NEMA had found out that there were no fewer than 400 Nigerians among the stranded migrants shown in the video.
Farinloye said the video prompted NEMA to consult the International Organisation for Migration, which later found out that the video was genuine and about 400 Nigerians were among the migrants.
He said based on the effort, NEMA had profiled the migrants and established that Nigerians were among other migrants who were trying to cross the high sea to Europe but were stranded in Libya.
He said NEMA had made contract with the migrants and many of them had volunteered to return to the country. He they would be brought back to the country in three batches, adding that the first batch of the migrants , comprising 180 person, including five teenagers and three sick person, would arrive in the country today (Tuesday).
''This voluntary return will commence tomorrow (Today). About 180 of them are expected tomorrow (Tuesday), while another batch 180 person will also be received next week Tuesday.
We are going to have not less than three batches before the operation is concluded."
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