817 Nigerians waiting for evacuation in South Africa – FG
No fewer than 817 Nigerians had yet to be evacuated from South Africa as of Tuesday.The Federal Government had on Wednesday last week evacuated 187 Nigerians from South Africa following xenophobic attacks on them and other Africans. On Tuesday, the Consul-General, Nigerian High Commission in South Africa, Godwin Adama, in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents, said the number of those who had registered for evacuation had increased to 1,004. Last week, the Federal Government had said 604 registered for evacuation. No fewer than 320 were supposed to be evacuated on Tuesday, but the exercise was delayed because South Africa initially did not grant an Air Peace aircraft, a landing permit. KINDLY SHARE THIS STORY File copy: Returnees from South Africa who faced xenophobic attacks on arrival at the MMIA ... last Wednesday Adelani Adepegba, Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi and Leke Baiyewu No fewer ...