Sudan conflict: FG making arrangements to evacuate students, citizens
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says the commission is making arrangements to evacuate citizens from Sudan.
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Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says the commission is making arrangements to evacuate citizens from Sudan.
The Nigerian government has said the evacuation of Nigerians in war-ravaged Sudan is not possible at the moment. Over 4000 trapped Nigerians in the ongoing crisis in Sudan have been begging to be evacuated. Also, over 300 people have been killed since the fighting erupted Saturday between forces loyal to Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Friday stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government can’t evacuate Nigerian students from Sudan at the moment.
Federal Government of Nigeria, amidst the ravaging crisis in Sudan, has said it is "risky" to evacuate Nigerian students who have
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