Federal Government Seeks to Evacuate Nigerians in Sudan by Road

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said, in an interview with Channel Television’s Sunday Politics Programme, that Nigerians stranded in Sudan will be evacuated by road.

There are over 5,500 Nigerians in Sudan calling on the government to evacuate them out of the war-torn North African country. The crisis started as a result of a power tussle in the country.

He said the government “has been working round the clock in the past two days to get Nigerians out of Sudan.”

Onyeama said “We have been given the cost estimate and all the details. They gave us a figure of 5,500 who are ready for evacuation. Obviously, what you need in a situation like this is a place where everybody can congregate before you start moving them out.”

“Because the airports, as you pointed out in your report, are out of commission. The only viable way out is by road. But of course, it is not totally safe so you are going to require the government to provide some security and a safe corridor out.”

He further explained that the only option available is the Egyptian border, close to Port Sudan and the Ethiopian border. “There is a border with Chad as well but the three we are looking at are the Ethiopian border, Port Sudan, and the Egyptian border”, he said.

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