FEDERAL GOVERMENT TO EVACUATE IT'S CITIZENS IN SOUTH AFRICA ON MONDAY FOLLOWING INCREASE XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS ON FOREIGNERS

Following the increase and spreading of the xenophobic attack on the forigners and imigrants in South Africa including Nigerians, the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria has announced that evacuation of Nigerians will start on Monday, April 20th.

According to a statement released by the commission's spokesperson, the commission will begin an immediate registration to evacuate it's citizens.


"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 attacks 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".