The first set of Nigerians of over 180 persons who fled South Africa due to the recent wave xenophobic attacks that pervade the country arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday.

The Air Peace flight which conveyed the returnees landed in Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at exactly 9:35pm.

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), alongside other government officials welcomed them.

Also on ground to welcome them back home were officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), among others.

One of the returnees, Jude Anthony, who spoke with newsmen after deplaning Jude said the palpable indifference of South African government to the Xenophobic attacks emboldened the citizens, adding that the government was complicit.

Dabiri-Erewa said a total of 187 Nigerians were evacuated from South Africa.

The development is coming after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered immediate evacuation of Nigerians in South Africa.

The president gave this order after receiving the report of the special envoy whom he dispatched to South Africa over xenophobic attacks.