No fewer than 350 Nigerians are set to be airlifted back to Nigeria from Egypt after the conclusion of evacuation processes on Wednesday.
According to the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, the passengers arrived Aswan Airport at about 9.30 am on Wednesday and they will be airlifted by NAF C130. which has capacity for 80 passengers and Airpeace which has 274 passengers capacity.
“Checking in has commenced following normal airport protocols. Boarding is ongoing,” NIDCOm said through its twitter handle.
https://twitter.com/abikedabiri/status/1653685950386515968Its boss, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in her excitement said “More cheering news as 27 buses arrived Port Sudan safely yesterday. Hopefully looking forward to the first set of arrivals to Nigeria from Egypt today.”
The Nigerians have been moved to Egypt from Sudan which is in its third week of a bloody war.