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Why FG cannot evacuate Nigerians from Sudan – Dabiri-Erewa

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The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says while the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), have put in place arrangements to evacuate Nigerian students and other Nigerian citizens stranded in Sudan, the tensed situation makes it gravely risky and impossible for any flights at this point as aircraft parked at the airport in the country were burnt on Thursday morning.

In a statement by NIDCOM, Dabiri-Erewa noted that humanitarian groups, are seeking ways of getting food, water, and medicals across to stranded people.

She appealed to the fighting parties to consider the Juba Peace Agreement enunciated by Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), as fundamental, mechanism for the restoration of peace and tranquility in the country.

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