205 Nigeria evacuees from Sudan arrived at Abuja Airport

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Abuja, July 28, 2023 – A total number of 205 Nigeria evacuees from Sudan arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Pilgrims terminal , Abuja on Friday at exactly 12.15pm.

Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media and Public Relations, NIDCOM, Abuja, stated this in a press statement on Saturday and made available to 108scoop.com.

The evacuees which comprised of 160 adults and 45 minors and infants were received by Federal Government Officials from NIDCOM, NEMA, Refugees Commission, Immigration, FAAN and Ministries of Foreign Affairs as well as Environment.

As usual, they were profiled, fed and provided with transportation, especially majority of them whose destinations are Kano, Katsina, Kaduna and Borno states.

To date, a total of 2,865 evacuees have been transported back to Nigeria from the war torn Sudan.

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