THE Federal Government said 125 stranded Nigerians have departed Sudan to Nigeria on Saturday morning.
Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocol, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), disclosed this on Saturday.
In a message, he said Tarco Airline aircraft: ST-TAL B737-300 “Left Port Sudan International Airport today, 24th June 2023, at 10:45am. local time, with 125 Nigerian nationals (Evacuees).”
Recall in May, News Point Nigeria had reported that, about 160 women claiming to be Nigerians working in Sudan have no passports to fly back to the country.
The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Ahmed stated this in Abuja while briefing the press on the progress made so far in the evacuation of Nigerians from war-torn Sudan.
According to him, although the women claimed to be Nigerians, they do not possess Nigerian passports to verify their claims and most of them have been in Sudan for a while.
He said the agency is being careful not to evacuate persons who are not Nigerians.
A source in the Commission told News Point Nigeria that, about 80 of the 125 Nigerians on board are amongst the women claiming to be Nigerian with no passports identified by NEMA five weeks ago.
The estimated time of arrival at Port Sudan (PZU) to Juba (JUB) is 2hrs 50 min.
He said the aircraft will stop over for one hour at Juba before continuing the journey to Abuja.
It will take the plane 03hrs:30 min from Juba to Abuja, totalling 7hrs:30 minutes.
“The flight is expected to arrive in Abuja around 5:45pm Nigerian time,” he said.
