The first set of Nigerian leaves Sudan reported arrived in Egypt on Thursday evening.
The chairman of Nigerians diaspora commission (NIDCOM) , Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa confirmed this while responding a tweet on Twitter.
But according to her, the first set of buses conveyed citizens arrived late in Aswan when the border is already closed but they are expected to move early in the morning and proceed thereafter to the airport.
The first set has arrived in Aswan border in Egypt but unfortunately before they got there the border is already closed.
The will leave early morning and continue there journey to the airport”, Abike Dabiri-Erewa said.
We understands that the NIDCOM boss revealed this while replying to one [@owolabitaiwo] who said on the micro logging platform that there shouldn’t have being any issues after that bogus money was used for this emergency evacuation.
We can’t spend more than $1.2 million on buses for a simple drive through and have cases of abandonment anywhere. It’s not head-off,” the citizens said.