Evacuation efforts for Nigerian students stuck in Sudan have begun , according to the chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission.

Students are seen waiting outside for buses in a video released on Twitter by Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

These buses, according to Ms. Dabiri-Erewa, are loading pupils before departing Sudan.

Sudan update: For ease of conveying the students, they were put on the buses according to their states of origin , as our excited Student doing this narration tells us here.Journey mercies 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 pic.twitter.com/JQmVdHB0to— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) April 26, 2023

She stated that they would first be flown to Egypt and then Nigeria.

It happens just a short while after we spoke to a university student in Khartoum who was anxiously anticipating assistance from the Nigerian embassy but felt abandoned.