Ibrahim Mantu, member of the Credit Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Nigeria who doubles as chairman of the Nigeria-Korea Friendship Association, said that the south Korean authorities have not sent back the residents while talking about "defection". He severely condemned it as an unpardonable unethical act in view of international law and morality.

The south Korean authorities should not abuse the noble humanitarian issue for meeting their sinister political aim but unconditionally send the DPRK residents back to their families.

Hessou Kohovi, chairman of the Benin-Korea Amicable Association "Long Live Kim Jong Il, Supreme Leader" who doubles as chairman of the Benin National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea, demanded the south Korean authorities send back the DPRK residents without delay just as the DPRK displayed noble humanitarian spirit and compatriotism of sending all south Korean fishermen and boats drifted northward in the past and come out for the improvement of the inter-Korean relations.