By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos –
Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace has deployed its aircraft to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Europe following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
Air Peace Airline’s spokesman, Mr Stanley Olisa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.
Mr. Olisa noted that this is the first batch of Nigerians to be evacuated since the war broke out.
According to him, the aircraft departed Nigeria at 2.20 a.m. today, March 3, 2022, for Warsaw, Poland.
It will be recalled that the Federal Government engaged Air Peace and another airlines to evacuate over 2,000 Nigerian nationals from neighbouring countries such as Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.
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