The 373 Edo indigenes who were among the 481 Nigerians that returned from Libya on Sunday are currently protesting the non-payment of stipend for their transportation back home.
Among them are 73 females some of whom are pregnant.
They arrived Benin City at 1:30 a.m. on Monday and were lodged at the Motel Benin Plaza hotel by the Edo State government.
As early as 7:30 a.m., the returnees were seen buying snacks while those without money were begging passers- by before the state government brought food for them.
Many of them looked unkempt, haggard and hungry.
Some of them said they have been in an underground cell for more than six months.
They were made to undergo medical check- up including screening for HIV/AIDs.
The protest started when they were told no money was made available for them after they were subjected to biometric screening by the state government.
Some of the girls said they had been asked to vacate their hotel rooms for other Libya returnees expected to arrive the state on Wednesday.
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