Just before the returnees landed
Cameras set, tape recorders cued, security screening passed. The long wait for Nigerians trapped in xenophobic attacks in South Africa was in full relief at the cargo wing of the Lagos Airport. There was a delay in their arrival on an Air Peace flight.
Time check: 4.05 pm. It is the fourth hour on the roll as security officials; reporters; cameramen and other security agencies await the arrival of 317 Nigerians already profiled to return to Nigeria. The Air Peace aircraft which left Nigeria 11:30 pm Tuesday arrived OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg about 4:00 am.Sources at the Nigerian High Commission in Johannesburg said the Commission had prepared the first 320 Nigerians for the first evacuation, but , the South African Immigration officials started formetting trouble by arresting Nigerians billed to be evacuated by demanding relevant travel documents ; even as they accused them of travelling without valid papers.
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