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The Federal Government has so far evacuated 2,371 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan.

Onimode Bandele, Director of Special Duties, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) gave the figure in Abuja on Saturday as 125 stranded Nigerians arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

He News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the batch was the 15th group of Nigerians to be flown back into the country by the federal government.

They were airlifted from Port Sudan.

Bandele, who welcomed the returnees on behalf of the Federal Government, said there were no more Nigerian women and children stranded in Sudan.

He said arrangements have already been made to airlift the remaining Nigerians stranded in Sudan, who are mainly men, adding that another group of evacuees would arrive later on Saturday.

Representatives of the Ministries of Humanitarian Affairs, Foreign Relations, NEMA, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, among others, were on the ground to receive the returnees.

(YAYA)

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