Riyaz Patel
The Nigerian government will not offer financial help to hundreds of citizens who are set to return to the country following a wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa, chair of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri said.
Nigerian nationals gathered outside their country’s consulate in Illovo Wednesday to board airport-bound buses so that they could return home.
Three buses left in the morning.
Privately-owned Nigerian airline Air Peace had offered free flights for people wishing to leave South Africa after attacks on mostly African migrants.
Twelve people, including ten South Africans and two foreign nationals, have killed as mobs attacked foreign-owned businesses.
Hundreds have been displaced in the violence which began over a week ago.
It expected that more than 600 Nigerians will return in the coming days, the chair of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri, told reporters
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