The evacuees arrived in aircraft owned by Air Peace and the Nigerian Airforce (NAF), which conveyed the evacuees from Aswan in Egypt to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The two aircraft arrived minutes apart.
While Air Peace conveyed 282, NAF conveyed 96 evacuees, according to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Farouq, while addressing the press. Both aircraft arrived minutes apart.
Ms. Farouq said the government of Nigeria is happy “that all of them are back safely, no lives lost which is the most important thing and all of the efforts put in place have not gone in vain.”
She added that the evacuees will receive dignity packs and 100,000 naira transportation fare supported by the Dangote Foundation. They will also receive N25,000 worth of call vouchers and a data bundle (1.5 GB) from MTN.
Present at the airport to receive the evacuees was the Sudan Ambassador to Nigeria, Mohamed Yousif, who said he is sorry about the situation in Sudan but also happy to have the evacuees back in Nigeria safely.
A total of 5,500 Nigerians are expected to benefit from the evacuation. They were moved by bus from Sudan to Egypt from where they are to be airlifted to Nigeria.
