NEMA Set to Get 2,800 Nigerians Off Sudan

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is set to get the first batch of 2,800 stranded Nigerians in Sudan back.

NEMA said the evacuation will be done via road from Khartoum to Cairo in Egypt.

Among those to be brought home are students, embassy staff, and their families.

Director of Special Duties of NEMA, Dr. Onimode Bandele, who spoke on Channels, said nobody has been evacuated yet.

On the numbers to be evacuated, he said: “They are about 5,000 but the plan is for about 2,650 to 2,800 to move immediately, including families of embassy staff.