NIGERIAN STUDENTS TRAPPED IN SUDAN YET TO LEAVE FOR CAIRO
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By Adeniyi Onaara
Hotjist.com has learned that trapped Nigerian students are still in Khartoum, Sudan.
40 buses, according to our correspondent, were already on the ground to transport the students from Khartoum to Cairo.
As violent conflict between forces loyal to two opposing generals continued for a second week, other nations hurried to remove their citizens from Sudan.
While millions of terrified citizens holed themselves inside their houses, many of whom were running low on water and food, foreigners also departed the country’s capital, Khartoum, in a lengthy United Nations convoy.
Since April 15, army and paramilitary troops have engaged in fierce street skirmishes throughout the five million-person city, leaving behind burned tanks, demolished structures, and looted stores.
More than 420 people have been killed and thousands wounded, according to UN figures, amid fears of wider turmoil and a humanitarian disaster in one of the world’s poorest nations.
Approximately 5,500 trapped Nigerians are expected to be evacuated from Sudan through the Egyptian town of Luxor, according to sources, who also state that the Federal Government is requesting Egypt’s assistance in moving the stranded Nigerians to Luxor.
However, the Embassy of Nigeria in Sudan requested buses to transport students from Khartoum to Cairo on Tuesday at 6 am in a letter dated 23 April 2023, signed by the Charge D’ Affairs, Haruna Garko, and seen by our correspondent on Monday.
I am ordered to seek your 200-seater buses’ services to transport 3500 Nigerian students from Khartoum to Cairo, Egypt, on April 25, 2023, at 6 a.m.
As at the time of filing this report, Nigerians students were yet to leave Khartoum to Cairo.
We are still in Khartoum, a student who begged to remain nameless said in a Tuesday interview with one of our correspondents. Time has been changed by the Embassy to 12 p.m. I’m worried that the Embassy will decide differently.
According to Umar Abubakar, president of the Jigawa State Students Association in Sudan, “we are yet to move.”
“Hello everyone,” was written in a mail forwarded to the kids and seen by our correspondent on Tuesday. Please be aware that the take up will be delayed owing to some logistical concerns.When everything is set up, we’ll announce it.People should therefore make an effort to remain where they are in the interim. But rest assured that God’s grace is what keeps us moving.
“Thank you for your understanding.”
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