The Federal Government has commenced the evacuation of Nigerians in Sudan over the fighting that has seen many killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) revealed this on Wednesday via Twitter with a video showing buses parked in line.
“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 the Federal Government through @nemanigeria and the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan,” NiDCOM tweeted.
The commission added that more buses would arrive Wednesday morning and the stranded students would depart.
It also shared a picture of people queued up for registration.
NiDCOM chairman Abike Dabiri-Erewa requested prayers as the stranded Nigerians depart Sudan.
“As our students in Sudan queued up orderly to board their buses to Egypt enroute to Nigeria, supervised by Nigerian mission officials in Sudan. Let’s remember them in our prayers as they journey home. War is a terrible thing !!” She wrote.
The evacuation was initially scheduled to start on Tuesday but did not happen because buses were unable to secure passes to move, Premium Times gathered.
Several countries including UK, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, France among others have evacuated their citizens from Sudan.
Four attempts at a ceasefire failed last week, however, the US was able to broker a partial ceasefire that enabled more countries to evacuate and the Sudanese to run to safety.
But the UN learnt that the warring parties in Sudan are not ready yet to seriously negotiate an end to fighting.
