Russia-Ukraine War: FG begins evacuation of stranded Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime says it has begun evacuating stranded Nigerians fleeing Ukraine to neighbouring countries amid the Russian invasion.
Gabriel Aduda, the permanent secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
Mr Aduda stated that the stranded Nigerians would be evacuated from Romania, Poland and Hungary via Max Air and Air Peace flights.
“Furtherance to our efforts to evacuate Nigerians from neighbouring countries surrounding Ukraine, we can confirm that chartered flights will depart on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, to pick up Nigerian evacuees home,” disclosed the statement.
It added, “So far, we have the following records of evacuees received by the Nigerian embassies in Hungary: 650 persons, Poland: 350 persons, Romania: 940 persons and Slovakia: 150 persons.”
According to the ministry’s statement, the capacity and routes of the airlines are Max Air to Romania 560 persons, Air Peace to Poland 365 persons and Air Peace to Hungary 360 persons.
The first batch of evacuees is expected to arrive in Nigeria on March 3.
“Once again, we assure Nigerians that we are working round the clock to see that our citizens are brought back home safely,” added the statement.
(NAN)
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