The first set of Nigerians evacuated from the conflict in Ukraine have arrived on Friday morning in the country’s capital, Abuja.
This development was made public by the chairman of Nigeria’s parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, Yusuf Buba, who accompanied them from Romania’s capital, Bucharest. Buba revealed that the group consists of 451 students.
At least 5,000 citizens who are fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, are still expected to be evacuated by Nigerian authorities.
Meanwhile, many have crossed over to the neighbouring countries of Romania, Poland and Hungary to seek refuge.
According to authorities, due to delay as a result of logistics challenges, repatriation exercise which was meant to start on Wednesday, was put o hold.
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission have not only reacted to the evacuation exercise, but have gone ahead to tweet photos of the students’ arrival at Nnamdi Azikwe international airport.
