Nigerians stuck in the Sudan war will be rescued today The arrival of students and other Nigerians stranded after the outbreak of war in S...
Nigerians stuck in the Sudan war will be rescued today
The arrival of students and other Nigerians stranded after the outbreak of war in Sudan is expected to begin on Tuesday.
The head of the Commission for Nigerians Living Abroad, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said on Tuesday morning that the repatriation of Nigerians is expected to begin, after the relief of the warring parties in Sudan.
Abike stated that there are at least three million Nigerians in Sudan and the government is trying to bring all the Nigerians who were displaced by the war back home.
Among them are about 5,000 students studying in Sudan who expressed shock after the outbreak of the war, which caused a lack of drinking water, food, money and communication lines in Khartoum, the capital of the country.
Recently, the conflict has increased in Sudan between the caretaker government and the RSF fighters over the leadership.
On the day of Karamar Sallah, both sides agreed to a three-day ceasefire for the prayers, but not long after that day, the fire continued in Khartoum.
The conflict that killed hundreds of people and injured others led to the closure of airports in the country, where about 5,000 Nigerian students are studying.
Based on this, the plan was made for the students to cross to Ethiopia, from where they will be brought home, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria.
The source of Focus News Hausa, Aminiya reported on Sunday that Air Peace Airlines has offered the government to take them home for free.
The President of Air Peace, Ellen Onyema, said that if Nigerians in Sudan cross over to Sudan's neighboring countries, his company will bring them home for free.
He said that the task of retrieving them should not be left to the government alone, because not a single Nigerian should be lost in the conflict in Sudan.
This is coming after the Federal Government promised on Tuesday that it will start repatriating Nigerians from Ethiopia.
This is a new step, after the government said that it is very difficult to get students directly from Sudan because the country's airspace is closed.
On Saturday, a statement by the Union of Nigerian Students in Sudan announced three places where the students will meet in Sudan to be taken to Ethiopia.
Earlier, some of the students stated that anything could happen to them because the warring factions of the army are constantly firing in Khartoum.
Some of them stated that countries, even those suffering from war, such as Syria, and such as Malawi which does not have an embassy in Sudan, have already taken their students home.
They also expressed their concern that the interruption of the communication line caused by the conflict may hinder the way they will be contacted to evacuate them from the country without leaving others behind.