Coronavirus: 13 Nigerians based in Togo arrive Seme border

A batch of 13 Nigerian returnees from Togo Republic arrived at Seme border post in Lagos state in the early hours of Sunday.

According to NAN, the 13 returnees arrived the border post in a Toyota Coaster bus with Togolese registration number TG 5923 A.

The returnees were resident in Togo but decided to return to their country following outbreak of COVID-19.

“The Nigerians were screened with the infra red thermometer by our officials when they arrived today,”  a health official was quoted to have said.

“We have called Lagos State Ministry of Health and they have promised to come and evacuate them to quarantine facility in Badagry.”

The arrival of 13 returnees from Togo brings to 103 the total number of Nigerians who arrived through Seme border post after the outbreak of coronavirus.

Sixty-seven Nigerians resident in Ivory Coast returned on April 8, 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, Togolese capital, on Ethiopian Airlines, arrived Seme border on April 19 and were quarantined in Lagos.