A distressed Nigerian student in Sudan tells the BBC some of her friends are now stranded in the desert after a bungled evacuation effort, “because the bus drivers say the Nigerian government did not pay them any money”.
According to the 22-year-old, only 14 of 10 buses promised by Nigerian authorities arrived in Khartoum on Wednesday so there wasn’t space for her and others on board.
She is still waiting in the Sudanese capital with a friend, and fears telling her parents back home that there is no sign yet of more buses:
“I don’t want to break this bad news to them, my mum has been worried.”
She is among more than 1,000 students still sheltering at the International University of Africa in Khartoum. They worry they will be told to leave the premises later today with nowhere safe to go.
The BBC has contacted Nigeria’s diaspora coordination team for comment.
BBC
