Nigeria sends 40 buses to evacuate stranded citizens from Sudan

Nigerian students in Sudan

Nigerians stranded in Sudan on April 26, 2023 queue during their evacuation operation to a nearby Egyptian border in Aswan. PHOTO | COURTESY

Nigeria has begun the evacuation of its stranded citizens in Khartoum, Sudan with the deployment of 40 luxury buses to take the evacuees to Egypt for airlifting to the West African country.

In a series of tweets by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom), the exercise started on Wednesday with the transportation of about 500 students.