JUST IN: Bus Evacuating Nigerian Students From Sudan Catches Fire
Early on Monday morning, a bus carrying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, caught fire.
“As part of the second batch of FGN evacuation, one of the buses carrying about 50 Nigerian students from Sudan with the tag number (Katsina 1) was headed to Port Sudan when it sustained damage from extreme heat from one of the vehicle’s tyres.
The bus carrying 50 pupils (49 males and 1 female) also included Dr. Hashim Idris Na’Allah, the chairman of the Nigerian Elders’ Forum in Sudan.
The event took place about 2:30 a.m. Sudan time.
“Just before the tire ruptured and started a fire, the driver of the bus stopped it close to an RSF checkpoint.
Forty out of the 50 passengers were later distributed to the other buses evacuating the students, while the remaining passengers spent the night where the incident happened alongside the driver at the RSF checkpoint.
“The students said the RSF really did their possible best to help the passengers and offered them with cups of tea in the morning before they left,” Sani Aliyu, who is in Sudan disclosed.
However, they have continued their journey. Over 1000 Nigerians are being evacuated through the Port Sudan route following the difficulties faced in getting the first batch of evacuees across the Egypt borders.
The stranded Nigerians have spent five days at the borders as the Egyptian officials denied them access into the country where flights are already waiting to airlift them to Nigeria.
