BREAKING: Nigerian Students Fleeing Sudan Stranded in Desert, Government Drops Update
- Some Nigerian students who are fleeing the war zone in Sudan have been seen in a viral video stranded in the desert and raising the alarm about their security
- They alleged that the busses suddenly stopped in the desert, alleging that they were not paid for their services as against the claim of the government
- Reacting to the video, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairman of NIDCOM, said she confirmed for the DG of the NEMA that the buses had continued with the journey
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Some Nigerian students suspected to have been moved away from the war zones in Sudan have been seen in viral videos lamenting being abandoned by the federal government.
In multiple videos of the stranded students shared by a netizen, Dr Ahmad Small, the students are lamenting that they don't know where they are, stating that the bus drivers suddenly stopped on the roads, alleging that the federal government was not paying them.
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Why Nigerian students are stranded in Sudan desert
While sharing the video, Small wrote:
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"The Buses evacuating Nigerian students and non-student were stopped in the middle of the Sahara, and the drivers refused to continue the journey because they were not PAID."
He then went further to tag multiple media in Nigeria as well as government agencies to come to the student's aids.
The students in the video were raising alarms about their security at the place, which was obviously a desert.
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One of the students who spoke in the video said they were made to go through several rigorous processes before the journey was started. She said they had been in the desert for over 4 hours, "we don't know where we are; we don't know the situation we are in; we don't have money; our money has finished."
Reacting to the plight of the students, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairman of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) said the busses have continued in their journey as she just put a call through to the DG of NEMA.
She wrote:
"I have just spoken to @nemanigeria dg. He confirmed the buses have continued their Journey and said whatever issues have been resolved"
See the video here:
Dabiri-Erewa's tweet:
Sudan crisis: Buhari to start moving Nigerians to safe place today or tomorrow
Legit.ng earlier reported that 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.
Source: Legit.ng
