No fewer than 205 Nigeria evacuees on Friday arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Pilgrims terminal , Abuja from Sudan.
The flight arrived at exactly 12.15pm. 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 transportation for them especially the majority going to 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. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media and PR, NIDCOM, ABUJA.