Buhari Opens Up on When Nigerians in Sudan Will Start Returning to the Country
- Garba Shehu, a senior media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, has disclosed the federal government's efforts in evacuating trapped Nigerians in Sudan
- Shehu maintained that the Nigerian embassy in the country is working with the government of Sudan and Ethiopia to ensure the safety of the affected Nigerians
- According to Shehu, the trapped Nigerians are expected to be moved to a safe place between today and tomorrow
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FCT, Abuja - The federal government has revealed that Nigerians trapped within the crisis rocking Sudan will be moved to safety today, Sunday or tomorrow, Monday, April 23 or 24.
Garba Shehu, the senior media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, made this known in a statement on his Twitter page on Sunday.
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When will trap Nigerians in Sudan be evacuated?
Recall that Nigerians have been mounting pressure on the federal government to immediately evacuate Nigerians, particularly students, out of the crisis-ridden country.
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The northeast African country was recently clipped in a fresh crisis as 2 military leaders are fighting for power.
The army in the country had, in a few hours ago, allowed foreign countries to evacuate their diplomats and citizens, and some countries have started doing that, including the United States.
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Commenting on the development, Shehu said the federal government is making all efforts to ensure that the panic students and other Nigerians in the country are moved to a safe place between today and tomorrow.
He stressed that the Nigeria embassy in Khartoum is working with the Sudanese and Ethiopian governments and that Nigeria's minister of foreign affairs, Geoffry Onyema, is the head of the committee saddled with the responsibility of evacuating the trapped Nigerian.
Shehu's statement reads in part:
Minister Geoffrey Onyeama who is coordinating these efforts is optimistic that they will start moving people to safety today or tomorrow.
See the tweet here:
Obi: Buhari's aide lists Okonjo, other Igbos north would support as president
earlier reported that Nigerian stakeholders of northern extraction have continued to react to the claim by Peter Obi that he would liberate the north from poverty once he reclaims his allegedly stolen mandate.
Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party who came third in the 2023 presidential election, had, in a statement, reiterated his commitment to taking back the country.
But Bashir Ahmed, a presidential aide to President Buhari, claims that Obi consistently makes the comment to demarket the north, while he mentioned some Igbos the north would likely vote for if they contest.
Source: Legit.ng
