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256 Nigerians evacuated from Dubai taken into isolation
BY TUNDE JOHNSON
Two hundred and fifty-six Nigerians evacuated from Dubai, United Arab Emirates finally landed at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Wednesday night.
Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama confirmed their arrival after the Emirates aircraft conveying them had to make an air return back to Dubai.
Onyeama said a Nigerian woman aboard the aircraft had gone into labour and was subsequently delivered of a baby boy.
The flight which had been in the air for barely 30 minutes had to make a return to Dubai where the woman and her baby were disembarked.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) in a statement gave the lady’s name as Kafayat Amusan and said she was currently on admission in a hospital in Dubai.
The statement stated that the Nigerian Ambassador in Dubai, Mohammed Dansanta Rimi and staff of the embassy were in touch with the mother and child, said to be in good condition.
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“The Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa congratulated Mrs Amusan for another addition in her family and prayed she return safely to the country.
“Dabiri-Erewa said she will return to Nigeria after obtaining a birth certificate and other necessary travel documents for her baby boy,” according to the statement, signed by NIDCOM’s Head, Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman.
The 256 evacuees have been taken into isolation for another 14 days until they test negative twice.