The Nigerian
Government has cancelled an evacuation flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
after citizens, who indicated interest in returning to Nigeria had paid for air
tickets.
The citizens desire
to return to Nigeria following the outbreak of Coronavirus across the world and
the damage it was causing.
It was gathered that
the decision to cancel the flight was taken without recourse to those that had
bought tickets or any explanation for the move by the government.
The situation has
left many Nigerians stranded and angry in the Arabian country.
The stranded persons
all paid N265,000 for an economy return ticket on Emirates Airline to
facilitate their return, one of them told SaharaReporters on Friday.
Trouble however,
started when Emirates Airline reached out to evacuees on Thursday to inform
them of the cancellation of the scheduled flight to Nigeria without
explanation.
He said, "We
received a message from Emirates Airline yesterday saying our flight had been
cancelled.
"When we
reached out to the airline to find out why, we were told that the Nigerian
Embassy requested the cancellation of the flight.
"We want to go
back home, we are stranded, we don't have money to pay rent again.
"We used our
last cash to buy tickets and now we have nowhere to go."
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