Xenophobic attacks: Final evacuation flight from South Africa arrives Lagos

The last evacuation formation bringing stranded Nigerians location from South Africa has arrived astatine the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The Air Peace formation conveying the evacuees landed astatine the airdrome astatine astir 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

The past batch comprises 315 returnees connected board, marking the decision of the Federal Government’s evacuation exercise.

The palmy completion of the last formation brings an extremity to the airlift cognition coordinated by the Federal Government successful collaboration with Air Peace and applicable agencies.

Officials are expected to person the returnees astatine the airdrome arsenic they acquisition the indispensable accomplishment and documentation procedures earlier reuniting with their families.

Recall that the Federal Government started the evacuation workout pursuing the xenophobic attacks connected Nigerians surviving successful South Africa.

The attacks person led to the deaths of immoderate Nigerian citizens, portion others were near stranded and their shops looted by South African citizens....