Update : Egyptian authorities open border to airlift the stranded Nigerians in Sudan

Our correspondence reports buses arrived in Sudan to evacuate Nigerian students caught in the ongoing crisis.

The buses were meant to take the students to the Egyptian border from where they were to be airlifted to Nigeria.

However, on getting to the Aswan border in Egypt, they were refused entry.

NIDCOM said the Egyptian authorities were insisting on visas, adding that the Nigerian mission in Egypt was working to rectify the issue.

Hopeful for a resolution, the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) evacuation team left for Aswan Airport on April 29 to airlift the stranded Nigerians.

“NAF C 130 prepares to depart to Egypt to evacuate Nigerian Nationals stranded in Sudan,” NIDCOM had tweeted.

Confirming the update Tuesday afternoon, the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa tweeted: “The border has just been opened, (with stringent conditions ) after President Buhari’s intervention with the Egyptian President.

“So, the processing of evacuees by the Nigerian Embassy in Egypt will begin.”