Godwin Adama, the Consul-General of the Nigerian High Commission in South Africa, disclosed that the number of those who had registered for evacuation increased to 1,004 out of which 187 have already been evacuated

He said, “We have been working since 6am when I got here. I have not sat down. We have 320 coming back tomorrow(Wednesday). Some people who are supposed to be on the flight, when you call their names, they are not here. We have registered 1,004 persons. When these ones go, we will still have people on the ground. Right now, we have five coaches here which we are loading. There are so many children. Those who don’t have current valid passport have been issued emergency travel certificates and we have ensured that their documentation is correct so that we won’t have the challenges we had the other time. We are also working with the host authorities – immigration and protocol – so that by tomorrow (Wednesday) things can be seamless.”