Pastor Adeboye Receives 105 Nigerians Repatriated From South Africa

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has welcomed Nigerians recently repatriated from South Africa under a humanitarian intervention supported by the church.

According to Bush Radio Academy, Adeboye expressed gratitude to God following the safe return of the Nigerians, describing their arrival as a welcome development and assuring them of continued prayers as they complete the process of reuniting with their families.

The returnees constitute the first batch of at least 500 Nigerians expected to be brought back to Nigeria under the humanitarian programme. The initiative followed an appeal from the Nigerian diplomatic mission in South Africa, with the RCCG providing funding for air transportation from Johannesburg to Lagos.

Adeboye, in a message shared on his official X account, welcomed the returnees and prayed for their safe reintegration into their communities.

A total of 107 Nigerians arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday night, where officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons received them.

The returnees were subsequently profiled by the relevant government agencies and are expected to be transported to their respective state capitals as arrangements are concluded for their reunification with their families.

Pastor Belemina Obunge, Chairman of the RCCG Task Force for the Reception of Nigerian Returnees from South Africa, previously disclosed that Adeboye approved the funding for the flights on humanitarian grounds.

Obunge explained that the beneficiaries had already been profiled and documented by the Nigerian High Commission in South Africa and South African Home Affairs authorities. He also stressed that the programme was not limited to RCCG members, noting that Nigerians from different religious backgrounds were included.

While the RCCG is financing the flights from Johannesburg to Lagos, government agencies are responsible for receiving the returnees and coordinating their onward movement to their respective states.