The two batches of 836 Nigerians evacuated from Sudan arrived in the country this morning.
No fewer than 734 were conveyed from the Sudanese side of the Wadi Halfa border to the Aswan International Airport, Egypt in 16 buses to the Aswan International Airport.
Wadi Halfa border axis (14) and 2 buses from Arqeen.
Check-in commenced as early as 12 midnight .
The two flights of Azma and Max Air have a combined capacity of not less than 734 passengers.
The Maz Air plane touched down the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 10.30
Maz Air was the first to land with 410 .
The second flight, Azman, carrying 324 landed at about 12. 30noon.
The two planes evacuated Nigerians From Wadi Halfa camp through the Aswan Airport, Egypt.
Another 102 evacuees arrived on the flight of Tarco, a Sudanese airline. They were the evacuees from Port Sudan at about 12 noon.
This bring to 1,473 the number of evacuees airlifted back to Nigeria since the country started airlifting last Wednesday.
