254 stranded Nigerians in Sudan were flown into the country in the early hours of Wednesday. According to the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, 254 evacuees have landed at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
BREAKING NEWS
EVACUATION UPDATE: (11th Batch of Evacuation:)The 11th batch of Evacuees: 128 Nationals ( 117 Adults and 11 Minors ) that departed Port Sudan International Airport, landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 9am local time on May 10 via Tarco Air.… pic.twitter.com/4yvQvEA4tc
— Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (@nidcom_gov) May 10, 2023
The 10th and 11th batches of returnees make a total of 1,984 Nigerians that have arrived in the country from Egypt and Port Sudan in eight days since the airlift started.
Speaking on why the airlifting of stranded Nigerians in Port Sudan is slow, NiDCOM spokesperson AbdulRahman Balogun, on Wednesday, said;
“We were trying to mop up the remaining 1,200 as of last Sunday but more Nigerians are trooping in yearning to be evacuated”.
cc: Punch Ng
