Sudan: Egypt has finally opened border for stranded Nigerians — FG

The chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that the Egyptian border has finally been opened for stranded Nigerian students to be evacuated from Sudan.

According to Dabiri-Erewa, the development came following a dialogue between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

NIDCOM had earlier said that the Egyptian border was not yet open to ensure the rescue of the stranded Nigerians from Sudan.

Three Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft have been mobilised to Sudan by the Nigerian government to evacuate its stranded citizens who are currently at the Egyptian border.

“NAF C 130 prepares to depart to Egypt to evacuate Nigerian Nationals stranded in Sudan,” NIDCOM had tweeted.

“They are going with a lot of dry food, water, medications, etc. Our prayers are with them.”

The popular Nigerian airline, Air Peace is also on ground to complement the effort of the federal government.

A source revealed that: “The plane landed a few hours ago at Aswan. The first set of evacuees will depart today.”

Dabiri-Erewa said the Egyptian authority had opened the border with certain conditions.

The commission did not make open details of the required conditions.

“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,” Dabiri-Erewa said.

The Informant247 earlier reported that the Nigerian government had vowed to evacuate its stranded citizens from the war torn zone.