Over 300 Nigerian students are stranded in Saudi, even as their various institutions had prepared their visa ahead of their resumption in August for...
due to the restriction of movements caused by coronavirus, have accused officials of Nigeria’s embassy and consulate office in the country of thwarting their evacuation plans.
The spokesperson for the group, who failed to identify himself before delivering his address in the video, specifically mentioned Nigeria’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Isa Dodo, a retired justice, and his deputy, Sa’heedu Tiggi. PREMIUM TIMES is aware Mr Tigi now acts as the ambassador since the return of Mr Dodo to Nigeria about a month ago.
Some other affected students, who also spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on condition of anonymity, alleged that the officials focused on securing commercial flights for evacuation and encouraged them to pay “rather than providing the necessary documents to the Saudia that will airlift us free of charges.”“Our schools insisted that Saudi Arabia’s policy forbids them to book tickets with any other airline aside from Saudia since it is the government that is funding our trips.
But Mr Dodo said the embassy is committed to the welfare of Nigerians in Saudi Arabia and that the case of the students could not be different. Meanwhile, on July 16, the embassy in a letter signed on behalf of the ambassador by his deputy, Sa’heedu Tiggi, demanded the airline to choose three days from which the embassy could pick one for the students’ evacuation.
Some of the students later said they were told by the airline that Nigerian officials frustrated the flight.
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