On Thursday evening, citizens evacuated from the crisis in Sudan have been stranded at the Egyptian border, according to a statement by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM). The announcement was made in a statement signed by Gabriel Odu, NIDCOM’s spokesperson.
The commission had earlier stated that the first group of evacuated Nigerians were due to arrive in the country on Friday. Dabiri-Erewa said that they would travel by road to the Aswan border in Egypt, where both the Nigerian embassy staff in the North African country and the director-general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) would receive them.
However, in a new development, the NIDCOM boss disclosed that over 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians, were refused entry into Egypt from the borders. She explained that the Egyptian authorities were insisting on visas from fellow Africans to transit back to their countries. She added that the Nigerian mission in Egypt had been working tirelessly to resolve the issue.
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Dabiri-Erewa appealed to the Egyptian officials responsible for the movement of persons and services along contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition for the already traumatized travelers to have unfettered access to their various destinations.
The situation is quite unfortunate and the commission is doing everything possible to ensure the safe return of these citizens to their home country.
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