No fewer than 2000 foreign nationals have been identified for evacuation from Lagos by the governments of United States, Canada, France, United Kingdom, among others, in two weeks. The exercise, which began about 10 days ago, has led to the evacuation of 1,739 foreigners from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). The evacuation was in response to requests by the nationals, who apparently felt insecure staying in Nigeria despite the comparatively low prevalence of the coronavirus spread and attendant deaths. Yesterday, a Delta Air Lines plane evacuated 200 Americans back to the United States, after Ethiopian Airlines’ aircraft lifted 585 Americans and Canadians from Nigeria a day earlier. The Regional Manager of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Victoria Shin-Aba, confirmed the rapid evacuation amid restriction of all commercial flights. Shin-Aba offered a breakdown of the evacuations thus far, showing that Air France airlifted 399 French and Euro...
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