PUNCH NEWS
The Embassy of Nigeria in Khartoum, Sudan has asked Nigerian students trapped in the country to disregard the National Association of Nigerian Students, who had asked them to converge for evacuation.
The PUNCH reports that NANS Sudan in a statement dated Sunday asked students trapped in the country to prepare for evacuation to Ethiopia.
This is a result of fighting between Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s forces and the rival Rapid Support Forces of his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, that has led to the death of hundreds and left many foreign nationals stranded.
The fighting began on April 15 over a dispute on the planned integration of the RSF into the regular army.
Announcing evacuation plans on Sunday, the student body asked the students to prepare a $100 transport fee as well.
But the Nigerian Embassy in a circular signed by its representative, H.R Garko, countered NANS, saying it “wishes to inform all students in Sudan, that they should disregard the notice circulated by NANS in Sudan, calling students to converge at the three locations namely: African International University, NANSS Office and El-Razi University, for evacuation or to bring 100 or $200 for evacuation.”
It said as the Embassy had earlier informed students, “you are therefore requested to stay calm and remain indoors, while the embassy is working on final approval to commence evacuation…
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