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September 18, 2019
The second batches ofNigerians have departed the OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, forthe Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
About 319 persons wereevacuated by Air Peace at about 2:58p.m.
An official of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebenfa, confirmed on Wednesday.
The first flight hadbrought back 187 Nigerians out of the 313 scheduled for the evacuation lastWednesday, following the xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in SA.
The Consul-General,Nigerian High Commission in South Africa, Godwin Adama, had disclosed that thenumber of registered Nigerians had risen to 1,004, adding that the technicalissues faced during the first evacuation were being addressed.
817 Nigerians wereawaiting evacuation.