The current turmoil in Sudan, according to the Federal Government, is making it impossible for stranded Nigerians to be evacuated.
Although the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and the National Emergency Management Agency had put plans in place to evacuate Nigerians, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, said it was unsafe for any flight to operate at this time of war.
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This was confirmed in a statement released on Friday by Gabriel Odu of the NIDCOM’s Media, Public Relations, and Protocols Unit.
The statement read;
Dabiri-Erewa has said while the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and NEMA have put in place arrangements to evacuate Nigerian students and other Nigerian citizens stranded in Sudan, the tensed situation makes it gravely risky and impossible for any flight at this point in time, noting that aircrafts parked at the airport in the country were burnt yesterday morning
Dabiri-Erewa noted that Humanitarian Groups were seeking ways of getting food, water and medicals across to people.
She therefore appealed to the fighting parties to consider the Juba Peace Agreement enunciated by Intergovernmental Authority on Development, as fundamental mechanism for the restoration of peace and tranquility in the country.
