The United States Mission in Nigeria has evacuated 997 Americans back home amid the COVID-19 crisis.
The Mission said from April 6-8, three U.S. Consulate-organized chartered flights operated by Delta Air Lines and Ethiopian Airlines repatriated 850 American citizens from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.
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This is in addition to the 147 citizens who departed Abuja on April 4.
It noted that the repatriation flights were made possible with the cooperation of the Ministry of Aviation, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, the Nigeria Immigration Service, and the Lagos State Government.
