No Nigerian Arrested In The Course Of Evacuation- Consul General

Nigerian Consul General, Godwin Adama said no Nigerian was arrested in the course of evacuation.

He said that some of the delay experienced was caused by misplacement and expired travel document.

Nigeria Consul General, Godwin Adama has said in Johannesburg that no Nigeria national was arrested in the course of evacuation in South Africa.

Adama told our correspondent that though some of the returnees had immigration problems which they hurriedly rectified.

The consul general said that the delay in the evacuation process was caused by misplacement of travel documents, required by South Africa immigration laws.

“Some will still tell you that they put their documents inside bags that had been checked into the plane; some even said that they had theirs stolen and all that.

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“Then others have issues of expired passports.”he said

Adama however, noted that the evacuation process was difficult, adding that the second batch flight had to be rescheduled to enable those who had issues with their documents resolve it.

“We did not transport anybody on Thursday. We are waiting to prepare properly because we lost some spaces in the aircraft on Wednesday due to the attitudes of some of our people,” he said.

“If you give instructions, they will not follow; calling them, they will not pick; even when they hear their names, they will not respond.

“So, because of documentation, a lot of people missed the flight but nobody was detained. Everybody that had an issue with immigration was resolved and we ensured they all travelled.”

Adama, however, admitted that there were obstacles in the process and that there were hitches at one point or the other, but that the mission solved every problem and everybody travelled.

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Adama explained that some of the returnees were questioned by the immigration but the mission secured their release.

He said that there was a case of a woman, who wanted to travel with children who were not her own, adding that the case was treated as that of human trafficking.

“We equally resolved that too as the father of the children came to the airport for identification,’’ he said.