The Egyptian Government has opened its borders to the Nigerian evacuees fleeing from Sudan.
This was confirmed by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, on Monday.
On April 26, buses had arrived in Sudan to evacuate Nigerian students caught in the ongoing crisis.
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The buses were meant to take the students to the Egyptian border from where they are to be airlifted to Nigeria.
However, on getting to the Aswan border in Egypt, they were refused entry.
NIDCOM said the Egyptian authorities were insisting on visas, adding that the Nigerian mission in Egypt was working to rectify the issue.
Hopeful for a resolution, the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) evacuation team left for Aswan Airport on April 29 to airlift the stranded Nigerians.
“NAF C 130 prepares to depart to Egypt to evacuate Nigerian Nationals stranded in Sudan,” NIDCOM had tweeted.
In the latest update, Dabiri-Erewa via her Twitter handle stated;
The border has just been opened, ( with stringent conditions ) after President Buhari’s intervention with the Egyptian President. So, the processing of evacuees by the Nigerian Embassy in Egypt will begin.
The border has just been opened, ( with stringent conditions ) after President Buhari’s intervention with the Egyptian President. So, the processing of evacuees by the Nigerian Embassy in Egypt will begin https://t.co/L1m8pMprqP
— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) May 1, 2023
