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 Punch Newspaper 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.
The evacuation of 187 Nigerians last week was delayed for 15 hours by the South African authorities.
With the registration of 1,004 and evacuation of 187 last week, at least 817 people were awaiting to be evacuated on Tuesday.