Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa
By Our Reporter
The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has given reasons why it’s impossible to evacuate Nigerian students from Republic of Sudan at this time.
She gave the reason in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday.
Dabiri-Erewa said “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 in time”
The statement which was signed by Gabriel Odu of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NIDCOM, quoted Dabiri-Erewa as noting that Aircraft parked at the Airport in the country were burnt on Friday morning
She said Humanitarian Groups were seeking ways of getting food, water and medicals across to people.
“She therefore 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.”
It would be recalled that Nigerians trapped in the ongoing crisis in Sudan have been begging to be evacuated.
This is on account of fighting between the forces of two rival generals.
This development has led to the death over 300 people.
Fighting erupted Saturday between forces loyal to Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
