By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja –
The Federal Government on Saturday said it is making frantic efforts to evacuate stranded Nigerians from the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), who disclosed this in a statement, explained that it is impossible for any flights to leave at this time.
Dabiri-Erewa said the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had put in place arrangements for evacuation of students and citizens stranded in Sudan.
She said that the tense situation in Sudan made it “risky and impossible for any flights at this point in time”.
According to her, aircrafts parked at the airport were burnt.
She also said humanitarian groups were seeking ways of getting food, water and medicals across to people.
She appealed to the warring parties to consider the Juba Peace Agreement pronounced by Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
She said the agreement was a fundamental mechanism for the restoration of peace and tranquility in the country.
Heavy fighting is continuing in Sudan’s capital Khartoum between warring factions that have plunged the country into chaos with foreign expatriates preparing to flee via military escort.
The Sudanese army said on Saturday it was coordinating efforts to evacuate diplomats from the United States, Britain, China and France out of the country on military aeroplane.
Other countries have struggled to repatriate their citizens amid deadly clashes that have killed more than 400 people so far
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