Private individuals funded 83 Nigerians repatriation from South Africa — FG

The Federal Government has disclosed that private individuals funded the repatriation of 83 Nigerians who returned from South Africa amid ongoing xenophobic attacks. According to The Sun Nigeria, the returnees landed at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday night, accompanied by officials from the Nigerian Consulate-General in Johannesburg.

Foreign Affairs ministry spokesperson Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa said good-spirited private citizens procured the flight tickets, enabling the exercise. He said the returnees were received by Ambassador Haruna Ali-Gombe before being handed to relevant agencies for documentation and profiling ahead of reunification with their families.