Xenophobia: 187 Nigerians Arrive Lagos From South Africa

187 Nigerians of the 640 Nigerians arrived murtala international Airport,Lagos.

313 of them were bill to leave but most them could not travel due to travel document.

187 of the 640 Nigerians comprising men, women and children have arrived murtala international Airport, Lagos,following the xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

The evacuees, who departed OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, around 4p.m aboard an Air Peace Boeing 777 aircraft, touched down at 9:34pm on Wednesday at Muritala international Airport, Lagos.

A Foreign affairs ministry official, Mr. Kimiebi Ebenfa, who was on board the flight, confirmed their arrival.

He said, “We just landed safely despite the delays in South Africa.”

About 313 of them were billed to leave on Wednesday, but most of them could not travel with the first flight due to lack of travel documents.

According to him, the flight scheduled for 10a.m. was delayed by the slow check in process and immigration clearance.

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He said, “Flight was delayed due to the slow process of check-in and immigration clearance.

“There were also complaints of system failure.

“Out of the 313 confirmed for the first batch,only 84 were cleared so far,” he said at 9:35a.m. before the flight took off around 4p.m.

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