The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa has confirmed that the first set of stranded Nigerians in Sudan have arrived in Aswan, Egypt.
This was despite arriving late and missing the border closure.
However, the evacuees were expected to leave early in the morning on Friday and proceed to the airport as planned.
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Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this on Thursday via the micro-blogging app, Twitter.
She said:
“The first set has arrived at the Aswan border in Egypt but the border is already closed. They will leave early morning and then proceed to the airport.”
Although there were hitches during the evaluation process NiDCOM’s efforts to repatriate stranded Nigerians have been commendable.
