Three hundred males, 83 females and one infant out of the 802 stranded Nigerians in Saudi Arabia on Thursday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, via Saudi Air flight B773 at about 1:10 p.m.
The returnees will be quarantined at the Federal Capital Territory Hajj camp for 14 days in line with the revised COVID-19 protocols by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, made the disclosure in a statement, disclosing that the returnees will arrive Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport via two Saudi Arabian Airlines.
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