Nigerian students about 4,000 are stranded in Sudan following the ongoing crisis in Sudan. Abubakar Babangida, the President of the Nigerian Students Association of Sudan (NANSS), announced this yesterday.
This is as the Government of Nigeria said it was still deliberating on its next course of action regarding the evacuation of Nigerians in Sudan.
The government said this in response to a request from a Nigerian student in Sudan. The fighting between the two generals showed no signs of abating.
The fighting started on Saturday between Sudanese military commander-in-chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and forces loyal to his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF), the conflict has claimed over 300 people’s life.
Speaking to a reporter, Babangida said there are now more than 10,000 Nigerian students studying in Sudan.
However, he said most of them were on vacation, adding that only about 4,000 of them would be left behind. The students, mostly women are now stranded in Sudan.
“Statistically, we have more than 10,000 students studying in Sudan but now some are on holiday. Currently, about 3-4000 are stranded,” he stated.
The association had earlier written to the Nigerian government. They complained that its members were stranded in Sudan with no access to basic needs.
It also said its members had been facing dangerous threats.
“We hereby write, soliciting and yearning for the Nigerian government’s intercession to rescue and send for an immediate evacuation of the Nigerian students that are stuck in the centre of the ongoing war,” the letter written to the Nigerian government read in part.
cc: Daily Trust Ng
