Sudan: Nigerians stranded in Egypt’s border over visa protocols — FG

Recall that the first set of Nigerians evacuated from Sudan arrived Egypt Thursday evening, meeting an already closed border.

But they were expected to leave early Friday (today) morning and proceed, thereafter, to the airport on their way back home.

However, the Nigerians were among the over 7,000 foreign nationals stuck in Egyptian border, as the country was demanding visas of the foreigners before entry.

A release by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, called on those concerned with passages and movement of persons and services along contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition for about 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians, to have unfettered access to their various destinations.

In the statement, signed by Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NIDCOM, Dabiri-Erewa said: “Over 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians, are not being allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival late Thursday evening.

“The Nigerian mission in Egypt has been working tirelessly on this as the Egyptian authorities are insisting on visas by fellow Africans to transit back to their countries.”

She appealed to the Egyptian authorities “to kindly allow the already traumatised travellers to transit to their final destinations in various countries in Africa.”