The management of Air Peace has confirmed that it would continue with the evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa following the xenophobic attacks in that country.
The airline had evacuated of 178 Nigerians in the first batch, last Wednesday with over 300 set to be airlifted to Nigeria tomorrow.
The second batch of the exercise was delayed due to the inability of the Nigeria High Commission to process travel documents to Nigerians who were willing to return home.
The airline said the flight is expected to arrive Lagos from Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg by 7:00 pm Tuesday.
This was confirmed by the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema who said that the flight would leave Nigeria after mid night on Tuesday and arrive South Africa in the morning, but would depart South Africa mid day back to Lagos.
Onyema also disclosed that out of over 600 Nigerians that are willing to come, 360 of them have been cleared for the evacuation, but the airline would airlift 320 in the second batch, which is the capacity of the aircraft, Boeing 777 that would be deployed for the flight.
There are also indications that despite the diplomatic efforts started by South Africa President, Cyril Ramaphosa to reach out to other African countries, including Nigeria, many Nigerians still want to leave the country because of uncertainty and lack of assurance that the hostility could be stopped by South African government.
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