FG airlifts 2,371 stranded Nigerians from war-torn Sudan
Some of the returnees at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, on Saturday in Abuja
The Federal Government has so far evacuated 2,371 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan.
Dr. Onimode Bandele, Director of Special Duties, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), gave the figure in Abuja on Saturday, when 125 stranded Nigerians arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
Supreme reports that the batch was the 15th set of Nigerians the Federal Government airlifted back to the country.
They were airlifted from Port Sudan.
Bandele, who welcomed the returnees on behalf of the Federal Government, said there were no more stranded Nigerian women and children in Sudan.
He said arrangements had already been made to airlift the remaining Nigerians stranded in Sudan, who are mainly male, adding that another batch of evacuees would arrive later on Saturday.
Representatives of the Ministries of Humanitarian Affairs, Foreign Affairs, NEMA, and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons, among others, were on the ground to receive the returnees.
