President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the ministers of foreign affairs and aviation to commence the process of repatriating Nigerians stranded in Russia.
More than 400 Nigerian football fans were reported to have been stranded in Vladimir Putin’s country after failed promises of employment there.
The fans were said to have been told by scammers that they would be employed in Russia, after the 2018 Fifa World Cup, but things went south as the scammers cancelled their return tickets.
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And the Nigerian leader, in reaction to this development, has asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, and Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, to arrange for the return of the stranded Nigerian.
Buhari’s top media aide Garba Shehu said on Monday that already the two ministers had taken the necessary actions to bring the Nigerians back.