This brings to a total of 2,660 the number of stranded Nigerians evacuated to the country in 16 batches since the crisis broke out in Sudan.
Another batch of Evacuees from Sudan arrive Abuja
Mr Ahmed who was represented by Onimode Bandele, director of Special Duties at NEMA, said that arrangements had been made to return more Nigerians stranded in Sudan. “The success we are seeing today is because the federal government supported us and the director-general of NEMA has been on top of the situation, getting these flights out of Port Sudan,” he said.
“I was playing football for a club in Sudan and I have been there for six years. I do not pray we face this same crisis in Nigeria because the experience has been traumatising.READ ALSO:Another returnee, Bilqis Bamijoko, also appreciated the federal government for evacuating them back to the country.
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