Total Evacuees Now 1471 As Another 424 Stranded Nigerians Arrive From Sudan

According to the Twitter page of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NidCom), the latest batch of evacuees landed in Abuja around 12:30 pm on Sunday, May 7th.

They departed in two separate batches via Tarco Air, which had 102 passengers on board, and Azman Air, which had 322 passengers on board.

The tweet read, “The 6th and 7th matches of Evacuees: 424 Nationals that departed Aswan International Airport, Egypt, landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 12:30 pm local time on May 7 via Tarco and Azman Air respectively.

AirPeace Fight ~ 277 (Total 376)
3rd Batch – Tarco Air ~ 130
4th Batch – Tarco Air ~ 131
5th Batch – MaxAir ~ 410
6th Batch – Tarco Air ~ 102
7th Batch – Azman Air 322.

“Making a total of 1,471 evacuees so far. We await the arrival of the AirPeace flight tomorrow to convey everyone remaining in Port Sudan.”