Another 130 Nigerian evacuees from Sudan on Friday arrived in Abuja in what has now become the second batch of an evacuation exercise.
They arrived in an aircraft belonging to Tarco Air which arrived at about 3 p.m. (Nigerian time).
The first batch of 376 evacuees arrived late on Wednesday night in aircraft belonging to Air Peace and the Nigeria Air Force.
According to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), there are about 1,700 Nigerians awaiting evacuation which will be concluded in the coming days.
“Max Air with capacity of 540 passengers, Azman Air with capacity of 400 passengers and C130 (NAF) are on ground to evacuate others while Tarco promised to make two more trips as well as Air Peace on standby,” NiDCOM wrote on Twitter.
“All returnees will be profiled, catered for and provided with post-trauma treatment and counselling and liaise with the federal ministry of education for the continuation of their studies in Nigeria,” NiDCOM added.
A third batch is expected to arrive in another 12 hours.
