A distressed Nigerian student in Sudan has told the BBC that some of her friends are stranded in the desert after a bungled evacuation effort, “because the bus drivers say the Nigerian government did not pay them any money”.
The 22-year-old, who asked not to be identified, said that only 10 of the 14 buses promised by Nigeria’s authorities arrived in Khartoum yesterday so there wasn’t space for her and others on board.
She’s 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.
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
