Another batch of 13 Nigerian returnees from Togo Republic have arrived at Seme Border Post in Lagos State in the early hours of Sunday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The agency reports that the 13 returnees arrived the border post in a Toyota Coaster bus with Togolese registration number TG 5923 A.
It was gathered that the Nigerian returnees were resident in Togo but decided to return to their country following the outbreak of COVID-19.
A Port Health official at Seme border said;
The Nigerians were screened with the infra red thermometer by our officials when they arrived today. We have called Lagos State Ministry of Health and they have promised to come and evacuate them to quarantine facility in Badagry.
With the arrival of the 13 returnees from Togo, the total number of returnees through Seme border post since the border closure on March 21 is now 103.
It would be recalled that MDB earlier reported that 67 Nigerians resident in Ivory Coast returned on April 8, at Seme border post in a luxurious bus with registration number Osun XA 240 EJG.
Also, another batch of 23 Nigerian returnees, who came from different parts of the world and landed in Lome, Togolese capital, on Ethiopian Airlines, arrived Seme border on April 19 and were quarantined in Lagos.
