The Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, has announced the arrival of at least 145 Nigerians who were stranded in Sudan during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Minister made this announcement on his official Twitter handle @GeoffreyOnyeama on Friday, stating that the evacuees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.
Onyeama in his tweet revealed that according to the protocols of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, the evacuees would immediately observe 14-day isolation.
“Air Sudan conveying 145 Nigerians departed Khartoum, Sudan at 9.00 am and arrives Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 12.45 pm today, Friday, 26, June 2020,” he announced via Twitter.
Also, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission who confirmed the news of their arrival via it Twitter handle @nidcom_gov said the 145 evacuees all tested Negative to #coronavirus before departed Khartoum at about 9.00 am today.