Nigerian students being evacuated from Sudan by the federal government have been left stranded in an unknown desert, OduNews reports.
Five buses filled with Nigerians studying at Sudanese universities left a muster point Wednesday afternoon, but the buses halted before they reached the Egyptian border, the students said.
The Sudanese logistics company that owns the buses is demanding more money from the Nigerian government and is threatening to leave the students where they are.
“The drivers that parked said they won’t move an inch if they are not paid. Their company told them not to move further. It’s a directive from their company,” a student said.
The number of stranded students could be as many as 250, each of the buses has a reported capacity of 50 passengers.
A female student is heard in a viral video complaining that the drivers insisted that they would not leave the desert unless they were paid.
She said, “Before we started this journey, we had to go on several fightings. Can you even imagine, we are stuck in this desert for five hours. We don’t even know the situation we are. Our money has finished.
“Can you even imagine? The vehicle drivers said they are not moving their buses if they don’t give them money.”
The students are trying to flee Sudan after days of fighting between two military factions over control of the government.
