The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 198 stranded Nigerians evacuated from the war-torn Sudan, on Friday in Abuja.The returnees, comprised of 160 adults and 38 children arrived the pilgrims wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on TARCO Aircraft at exactly 12:09 p.m.
A total 2,858 Nigerians has now been evacuated by the Federal Government since the war broke out in Sudan in April.Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA while receiving the evacuees at the airport, said the Federal Government is committed to ensuring that no Nigerian was left in the war-torn countries.
He added that efforts were already in place to evacuate the remaining 40 Nigerians left in Sudan. “So far,no Nigerian has lost his or her life in the crisis-ridden country,” he stated 
“We all know the crisis in Sudan has escalated seriously, no Nigerian aircraft can go to Sudan.“We are using the Sudanese based airline, TARCO to evacuate Nigerians, they have been working with us assiduously and they had to engage the military authorities for us to be able to airlift these people.The most important thing is that they are home and we have not lost one Nigerian life, which is most important to us”
“198 people, including women and children were brought back today and the remaining 40 people will be brought back as we are working round the clock to bring them back,” he said.Some of the returnees being attended to by staff of NEMA and National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, on Friday in Abuja.Ahmed added that the 100,000 naira provided by the Dangote Foundation, would be given to the evacuees to aid their transportation to their various destinations.
Some of the returnees appreciated the Federal Government for evacuating them back into the country.
