Following the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Egyptian Government has opened its border allowing over 500 Nigerians fleeing from Sudan to gain entry into the country.
The border was said to have been opened after President Muhammadu Buhari engaged his Egyptian counterpart on the need to open its country’s border for Nigerians that were stranded after fleeing from the troubled country.
Hundreds of Nigerians that fled from Sudan after fighting over leadership intensified across the country were said to have been denied access into the country over their inability to meet conditions placed before them by the Egyptian government.
The Chairman, Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who disclosed this development through her official social media handle on Monday, stated that this hurdle was the last for the government to cross in the evacuation o its citizens in the troubled country.
According to her, with the intervention of President Buhari, Egypt has finally opened its border to Nigerians fleeing Sudan. With an Airforce plane already on the ground in Aswan, Egypt, the processing of the first set of evacuees will begin”.