Gbenro Adesina
Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, and Senior Special Adviser on Diaspora Matters to the President, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has announced the arrival of 72 passengers from Lebanon, 29 of which are stranded Nigerian girls who were working as domestic staff in the country.
The returnees came aboard Middle East Airlines today, July 11, 2020.
One of the returnees, Peace Ufuoma Busari, made the headlines recently, when she was put up for sale on Facebook by a Lebanese man, Wael Jerro, who had placed a $1,000 price on her.
However, he was reported to the Lebanese government and Busari was rescued by the Nigerian mission.
Another returnee is Temitope Ariwolo, who was not allowed to board the last evacuation flight from Lebanon in May 2020, as she was alleged of theft and attempted murder by her employers.
Dabiri-Erewa stated that the flight back into Nigeria had received support from the Chairman of the Diaspora Committee at the House of Representatives, Tolu Akande-Sadipe, the Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Julie Okah-Donli, the Nigerian mission in Lebanon and the Lebanese ambassador to Nigeria.
