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FG Evacuates Over 2000 Stranded Nigerians From Sudan
By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos
Following the war between the Sudanese army and paramilitary groups that have left many homeless, the Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed that it has rescued over 2000 Nigerians.
The director of special duties of the National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA), Dr Omimode Bandele asserted that 2,371 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan have been evacuated.
He stated this when receiving 125 newly arrived stranded Nigerians in Abuja, the country’s capital.
The batch received by Dr Onimode is the 15th set of Nigerians the Federal Government evacuated back to the country.
It was gathered that there were no more stranded Nigerian women and children in Sudan, all of them had been evacuated, Bandele maintained.
Bandele added that proper arrangements have been made to airlift the remaining Nigerians in Sudan, who are mainly male.
Among others who were on the ground to receive the returnees are the representatives of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Foreign Affairs, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons.
