The Acting High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Ajayi Alexander
Nigeria has evacuated 1,695 of its citizens from South Africa this year amid threats against foreign nationals, the Acting High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Ajayi Alexander, said.
The figure includes 1,490 Nigerians repatriated through government-sponsored arrangements and 205 who returned with support from private individuals, the envoy said Friday during a visit by fellows of the MTN Media Innovation Programme in Pretoria, South Africa.
The Federal Government funded five repatriation flights, each carrying at least 200 Nigerians, while the mission also arranged two or three batches of one-way tickets for citizens seeking to leave, he said.
The evacuations were voluntary, meaning some Nigerians who registered to return did not eventually show up for the flights, according to Alexander.
