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…Most common jobs in South Africa are drug related businesses and Advance Fraud…Shame of retuning home kept me backBy Lawani Mikairu, Bose Adelaja & Esther Onyegbula
Air Peace flight, which left Nigeria at 11:30 pm on Tuesday arrived OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg about 4:00 am and about 320 Nigerians were already waiting to be airlifted before the immigration officials started their antics. They were demanding papers and accusing returnee Nigerians of travelling without the right document.
One of the returnees , Onyekachukwu Major, a 46 -year-old from Agbor, Delta State told Saturday Vanguard in an interview that : “I travelled since 2009. South Africans are envious of Nigerians and their manner of approach is not encouraging. If you could recall the days of apartheid which led to the imprisonment of late Nelson Mandela, you will recall that Nigerians supported South Africa a lot in those days.
“In most cases, both the Military and Police watch Nigerians being killed and their property destroyed by South Africans and they show little or no concern. I will never return to South Africa but my husband is yet to return because he is yet to get buyers for our car and other valuables. But he is yearning to return home and move on with life” she said.
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