Claims Yoruba, Igbo were marginalised during Sudan evacuation false – NANS president
There were reports that many students were left stranded while other countries were coming to evacuate their citizens. How did the government respond to your call?
The thing was that I wrote letters to the Nigerian embassy on behalf of Nigerian students but as I said, we didn’t get a reply from the Nigerian embassy for about 10 days. Everywhere was closed and everybody was at home; nobody could go anywhere. So, even if we sent letters, they would have given an excuse because nobody was on the ground.
Well, for me, I was not in Egypt. I was in Khartoum during the war. The students went without any official and from there, the problem started because they could not go that route without any official arrangement. That was the problem they had. There was no official with them, they just went to the border and also did not have any official letter from the Nigerian embassy and that was how the problem started.
Not a single Nigerian student was left except those that had found their way before evacuation started because some students found their way out before evacuation started. Those trapped in Sudan and Egypt were all evacuated and immediately we got to the airport, MTN gave us SIM cards with 1.5GB and a bonus of N25,000 on calls. Also, the government gave us food.They told me to be calm and that they were praying for us.I felt very happy.
You noted that you were already in your final year before the war began. Do you plan to return to Sudan when normalcy is restored or will you continue your education in Nigeria?
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