Evacuation: Flight operations now risky in Sudan – NIDCOM

Photo credit: The Wall Street Journal The Federal Government has said that the ongoing crisis in Sudan is making it difficult for stranded Nigerians to be evacuated. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said although the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and the National Emergency Management Agency had put in place arrangements to evacuate Nigerians, it was risky for any flight to operate during this period of war. This was contained in a statement signed by Gabriel Odu of the Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NIDCOM, on Friday. The statement read, “Dabiri-Erewa has said while the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and NEMA have put in place arrangements to evacuate Nigerian students and other Nigerian citizens stranded in Sudan, the tensed situation makes it gravely risky and impossible for any flight at this point in time, noting that aircrafts parked at the airport in the country were burnt yesterday morning “Dabiri-Erewa noted that Humanitarian Groups were seeking ways of getting food, water and medicals across to people. “She therefore appealed to the fighting parties to consider the Juba Peace Agreement enunciated by Intergovernmental Authority on Development, as fundamental mechanism for the restoration of peace and tranquility in the country.”