Sudan Crisis: Stranded Nigerian Students Beg FG for Evacuation
The entrapped Nigerian students in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan have called on federal government to as a matter of urgency make arrangements necessary for their airlift back to the country.
The information was disclosed in a letter written by the National Association of Nigerian Students – Sudan (NANSS).
Recall that violence have erupted in Khartoum as a result of fight between the Sudanese military and paramilitary forces. More than 200 persons including both civilians and military have so far been killed as a result of this crisis.
The letter reads in part:
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“We write this to Nigerian Government in respect to the current and ongoing conflict that erupts between the Sudan military and paramilitary forces in these past days; particularly in Khartoum, the capital city where constant gunfire, explosions and airstrike attacks dominate its vicinity and environs (where a score of Nigerian Students study).
“The Nigerian Students have been stranded in fears with no access to basic needs equipment and have been facing dangerous threats. We hereby write soliciting and yearning for the Nigerian Government’s intercession to rescue and send for an immediate evacuation of the Nigerian students that are stuck in the center of the ongoing war.
“We strongly hope that our call for rescue to our dear nation Nigeria will be responded to with immediate effect.”
By PRNigeria
