Another batch of Nigerians has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from Sudan.
A total of 125 evacuees, including 22 children, and three students, landed aboard a Tarco Airline Boeing 737 from Port Sudan by 5 pm Nigerian time.
On hand to receive them were officials of the National Management Emergency Agency (NEMA); the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM).
In an interview with journalist, the NÉMA’s director of special duties, Bamidele Onimode explained that two aircrafts were graciously provided by the present administration to evacuate the remaining Nigerians from Sudan.
He said the second aircraft would airlift another batch of Nigerians to the country any moment from now.