13 Nigerians return from Togo over Covid-19

Not less than 13 Nigerians returned from Togo Republic to Lagos State early Sunday morning.

The returnees arrived at Seme border post on Sunday over the Covid-19 pandemic currently ravaging the world.

A report from News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shows that the 13 returnees arrived the border post in a Toyota Coaster bus with Togolese registration number TG 5923 A.

The report also showed that the Nigerian returnees were resident in Togo but chose to return to Nigeria following the outbreak of COVID-19.

“The Nigerians were screened with the infrared 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,” a Port Health official at Seme border said.

He further stated that the arrival of 13 returnees from Togo on Sunday makes it 103 of the total number of Nigerians that arrived through Seme border post after the border closure on March 21, 2020.

It would be recalled that 67 Nigerians resident in Ivory Coast returned on April 8, 2020 at Seme border post in a luxurious bus with registration number Osun XA 240 EJG.

Another batch of 23 Nigerian returnees, who came from different parts of the world and landed in Lome, the Togolese capital, on Ethiopian Airlines, arrived Seme border on April 19, 2020 and were quarantined in Lagos.