The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has approved the plan by Air Peace Airlines to assist the government to evacuate Nigerians in South Africa.
In a statement signed by Spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye, it stated that” the Ministry wishes to inform the general public that following the recent unfortunate xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals, including Nigerians in South Africa, the Proprietor of Air Peace Airlines, Chief Allen Onyema, has volunteered to send an aircraft from Friday September , 6 to evacuate Nigerians who wish to return to Nigeria free of charge.
“The general public is hereby advised to inform their relatives in South Africa to take advantage of this laudable gesture. Interested Nigerians are therefore advised to liaise with the High Commission of Nigeria in Pretoria and the Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg for further necessary arrangement”.
