Sudan: FG Evacuates 2,246 Nigerians In 12 Flights

The National Emergency Management Agency, on Thursday, May 11, said the Federal Government had so far evacuated a total of 2,246 Nigerians from Sudan using 12 flights.

NEMA disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by its Head, Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel, and noted that it also dispatched food items to evacuees to help ameliorate their plights.

The agency also said that the evacuation exercise would continue, adding that efforts were being made to engage more Nigerian carriers to join in airlifting stranded citizens in the war-torn African country.

The food items, according to the NEMA Director-General, Habib Ahmed, were meant to cater to the Nigerian citizens, while the ongoing evacuation exercise was being strengthened.

“The items consist of 100 bags of 10kg rice, 50 packs of 10kg beans, 10 cartons of seasoning, 50 cartons of spaghetti, and five bags of iodized salt.

“The items were airlifted to Port Sudan by Tarco Aviation on Thursday, bringing 123 stranded Nigerians to Abuja. The latest arrival has brought the total number of evacuated stranded Nigerians to 2,246 in 12 flights,” the agency stated.

NEMA stressed that “it must be emphasized that the evacuation exercise is continuing, with efforts being made to engage some Nigerian airlines to strengthen airlift of Nigerian citizens that are willing and have been profiled to be transported back home as a result of the unfortunate conflict in Sudan.”