Xenophobic Attack: FG Begins Evacuation Of Nigerians From South Africa Monday

As the Xenophobic attack on foreigners
including Nigerians continues unabated in
South Africa,the Nigerian High Commission
in Pretoria has stated that evacuation of
Nigerians in the hostile country will begin
on Monday, 20th April.
The development is a fall out of the
xenophobic attacks being meted out by South
Africans against other African nationals in
their country, including Nigerians.
Leadership learnt from a press statement
emanating from the office of the Commission
in Pretoria to that effect.
The statement said that  Nigerians who feel
endangered, and do not have the fare back
home to quickly make themselves available
for evacuation.
The statement read in parts: “as from
Monday 20th of April 2015, the process of
evacuating Nigerians from South Africa will
begin as directed by the Federal Government
of Nigeria due to the ongoing Xenophobic
attack on black foreign nationals in the
Republic of South Africa.
“To that effect an evacuation register will be
open at the High Commission in Pretoria for
Nigerians intending to return to Nigeria but
cannot afford flight tickets.