April 22, (THEWILL) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Saturday, said the agency is making arrangements to evacuate Nigerians from war-torn Sudan.
The fighting in Sudan has claimed over 400 lives, leaving thousands wounded since it began on Saturday, between forces loyal to Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his Deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), commonly known as Hemeti.
NEMA, in a statement on Saturday, by Manzo Ezekiel, its Head, Press Unit, said the agency is in constant communication with all relevant partners including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Nigerian Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and security agencies while seeking an appropriate window of opportunity to evacuate all stranded Nigerians back home in a safe and dignified manner.
He said the current emergency in Sudan is very complex with fighting between warring factions going on and all airports and land borders closed.
“NEMA is working assiduously with all its partners and is constantly compiling updated information on the situation.
“A committee has been set up comprising of professional emergency responders, search and rescue experts to constantly evaluate the situation and seek for the safest way to evacuate the Nigerian citizens, even if it is through a country neighbouring Sudan.
“The Director General, NEMA, Mustapha Habib Ahmed, has assured that NEMA is very much concerned and on top of the situation and is working on all possible options of bringing the stranded Nigerians back home to their loved ones in a safe and dignified manner,” he said.
