Stranded Igbo students in Sudan have accused the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of bias in the evacuation of Nigerians from the war-torn region of the country.
In a viral video making the rounds online on Monday, some stranded Igbo students were seen with their luggages, accusing the Federal Government of being partial in the evacuation process.
One of the victims narrated that he boarded one of the evacuation buses sent by the FG on Saturday, however, was ordered to come down, claiming it for his tribe that he was rejected.
They, therefore, sought help from prominent Igbo personalities in Nigeria to come to their rescue.
The narrator said, “This appeal goes to Igbos. We are right here at the University of Khartoum in Sudan. They said they are doing an evacuation project in which Nigerians are to be evacuated out of Sudan. They came and carried some people and then abandoned us Igbos.
“We boarded the last bus that moved some Nigerians to Egypt, which left two days ago but we were asked to move out of the bus. Everything is now politics.
“We are pleading with our Igbo people who can help us. Our brother Air Peace who brought Airplane to help evacuate Nigerians might be feeling that everything is moving on fine. Let them know that things are not going fine. See our bags here. This is where we are. Somehow, news has spread that we have been evacuated but that’s not true.
“We plead with people like Prince Arthur Eze, Obi Cubana, and all those that can help us out.”
The Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, had earlier issued a statement over the weekend that Nigerians in Sudan were being sorted according to their states of origin during the evacuation process.
She deleted the tweet after it garnered a backlash from concerned Nigerians who wanted to know the essence of such an evacuation process.
Meanwhile, The FG said about 1,519 stranded Nigerians in Sudan are expected to leave Khartoum via hired buses to Port Sudan and other designated border points for their evacuation to Nigeria.
On Monday also, in a recent report, NIDCOM had praised Buhari for wading into the evacuation process further by speaking with the Government of Egypt to open up its borders to Nigerians fleeing from Sudan.
A Nigerian Air Force plane has reportedly been on ground in Aswan, Egypt to facilitate the evacuation of Nigerians.
