Sudan: Two batches of evacuated Nigerians arrive Abuja, each person to get N100,000

Sudan: Two batches of evacuated Nigerians arrive Abuja, each person to get N100,000

It was a big relief on Wednesday night as the flight conveying the first batch of Nigerians evacuated from the war-torn Sudan landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja around 11.30pm.

The returnees mostly students came from Egypt via Air Peace.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane bringing another set of Nigerians also touched down at the airport in Abuja at about midnight.

The evacuees were screened by officials of the ministry of health upon arrival in the country.

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Sadiya Farouk, minister of humanitarian affairs and disaster management, said each returnee would be given N100,000.

Another batch of evacuees from Sudan will return to the country on Thursday.

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), had earlier told journalists that 376 Nigerians were expected in the first batch.

She said 90 persons, including women and children, were on the NAF plane while the rest were aboard the Air Peace plane.

On Tuesday, the Air Peace aircraft landed in Egypt in preparation to airlift the stranded Nigerians back home.

The NAF evacuation team also left for Aswan Airport in Egypt on April 29 for the same operation.

Sudan: Two batches of evacuated Nigerians arrive Abuja, each person to get N100,000