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The buses facilitating the evacuation of Nigerian students from Sudan arrived on Wednesday, according to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM).
NIDCOM, in a tweet, said the buses arrived on Tuesday night with more buses expected to arrive on Wednesday morning with help from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan.
“Last night, the Nigeria Evacuation team in SUDAN received some buses to transport Nigerian Students to nearby borders in Egypt, before airlifting them to Nigeria, this has been sorted by Federal Government through @nemanigeria and the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan,” read the tweet.
“More buses are arriving this morning and the stranded students will depart today.”
According to sources, some of the Nigerian evacuees spent the night waiting at one of the pickup points until Wednesday morning.
Recall that Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama earlier stated that Nigerians stranded in Sudan will be evacuated by road.
Many people are stranded in the North African country as a result of a power struggle that has resulted in a crisis. The situation has prompted calls for the evacuation of the country’s population.
NIDCOM shared photos showing scores of people standing in queues.
UPDATE:
Last night, the Nigeria Evacuation team in SUDAN received some buses to transport Nigerian Students to nearby borders in Egypt, before airlifting them to Nigeria, this has been sorted by Federal Government through @nemanigeria and the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan.More… pic.twitter.com/HKmQJPqz6d
— Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (@nidcom_gov) April 26, 2023
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