No fewer than 7,000 persons including Nigerians fleeing the war-torn Sudan are reportedly stranded at Egypt’s border.
This is as the Federal Government on Friday called on relevant authorities along the contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition for the nationals, including Nigerians, to have unfettered access to their various destinations.
The chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who made this call, said the nationals were not being allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival on Thursday evening.
Dabiri-Erewa, had on Thursday, confirmed the arrival of the first set of stranded Nigerians in Sudan at the Aswan border in Egypt.
Dabiri-Erewa, who confirmed the development in a post on Twitter, said the border was already closed when the students got there, adding that they would proceed to the airport in the morning.
However, in a statement signed by Gabriel Odu, Publicity Unit, NiDCOM, the chairman said “The Nigerian mission in Egypt has been working tirelessly on this as the Egyptian authorities are insisting on visas by fellow Africans to transit back to their countries.
“She appeals to the Egyptian authorities to kindly allow the already traumatised travellers to transit to their final destinations in various countries in Africa.”
