Nigerian students stuck in Sudan’s capital city of Khartoum have requested that the Federal Government arrange for their evacuation.
More inhabitants are fleeing as fighting, which has killed more than 300 people, largely civilians, continues, and the pupils are living in fear.
The Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to meet in person but have decided against it because this weekend is Eid.
When flying back to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia, President Muhammadu Buhari was obliged to take a longer route due to the war.
A statement by the National Association of Nigerian Students-Sudan (NANSS) charged the government to act urgently.
They said currently in Khartoum “constant gunfire, explosions and airstrike attacks dominate its vicinity and environs.”
The students revealed they have not had access to basic needs and have been “facing dangerous threats” since last week.
“We, hereby, write, soliciting the government’s intercession to send for an immediate evacuation of the students that are stuck in the centre of the ongoing war,” the statement added.