Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide’s presiding pastor, Johnson Suleiman, says he’s willing to help airlift more Nigerians who are willing to return home from South Africa.
Mr Suleiman, an apostle, said this in his verified @APOSTLESULEMAN twitter address in Auchi, Edo, on Thursday.
The cleric said that after the South Africans xenophobic attacks on them and their property, he had ordered flight tickets for some Nigerians willing to return home.
Just heard 900 nigs want to return home from SA.i asked the flight tickets be bought for 20 Nigerians in south Africa who want to return home..I will take care of the cost..pls register at out church in Johannesburg..we will airlift more by God's grace.God keep you all alive.
— Apst Johnson Suleman (@APOSTLESULEMAN) September 12, 2019
“Just heard 900 Nigerians want to return home from South Africa. I asked the flight tickets to be bought for 20 Nigerians in South Africa who want to return home.
“I will take care of the cost. Please register at our church in Johannesburg.
“We will airlift more by God’s grace. God keeps you all alive,” the cleric said in his tweet.
On Wednesday, Air Peace transported the first batch of 178 Nigerians from South Africa back to the country.
Air Peace Chairman Allen Onyema had volunteered to release free aircraft to evacuate Nigerians who were willing to return home after the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians.
“Air Peace is willing to support the Nigerian government’s efforts in this matter by deploying our aircraft to evacuate Nigerians back home,” Mr Onyema said.
The Airline’s chairman instructed returners not to pay anyone for their flights to Lagos.
In an interview on Thursday, the Nigeria Consul General in South Africa, Godwin Adama, said more Nigerians still came to register to be airlifted home.
Mr Adama revealed that the number of Nigerians willing to return home from South Africa had increased from the initial 640 to over 1,000 following the xenophobic attacks.