President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime says Nigerians stranded in Sudan will be evacuated by road.
“Obviously, what you need in a situation like this is a place where everybody can congregate before you start moving them out because the airports, as you pointed out in your report, it is out of commission. The only viable way out is by road,” said foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama Sunday on Channels TV.
Earlier, the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum had asked Nigerians, particularly students in Sudan, to “remain indoors” as the bloody fight between rival military forces rages.
The embassy, in a statement signed by H.Y. Garko for chargé d’affaires on Sunday, said it was still dangerous to embark on a journey towards the borders of Sudan without security clearance from the country’s authorities.
No fewer than 4000 Nigerians are trapped in Sudan as the battle rages between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Since last weekend, the fight between the two…