The first batch of 187 Nigerians being evacuated from South Africa have arrived Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The Nigerian evacuees departed their base in South Africa from OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, around 4.00 p.m aboard an Air Peace Boeing 777 aircraft, which landed in Lagos at 9.34 pm on Wednesday night.

The flight was received on arrival by the Chairman, Diaspora Commission, ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA, and the Chairman of Air Peace airline, ALLEN ONYEMA.