Nigerians trapped in war-torn Sudan have been flown back into the country.
They were evacuated from Egypt by Air Peace and Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday.
The evacuation process initially suffered hitches when Nigerians were refused entry at the Egyptian border.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention led to the resolution of the challenges and the stranded Nigerians were allowed passage.
At the Abuja airport shortly after their arrival, Zainab, one of the evacuees, said she had lost hope in their survival in Sudan, The Cable report said.
The 300-level physiotherapy student said they were not treated like humans at the Aswan border in Egypt, describing their condition as “really terrible and totally hard”.
“When the war started, I didn’t know because we were sleeping, we just started hearing gunshots and rockets and we had to leave where we were for safety,” she said.
“It was all of a sudden. We never expected it. We just woke up in the morning and started hearing the sounds of bombs and everyone had to start fleeing.
“I left Nigeria to study in Sudan because studying in Nigeria is not easy. I studied at the International University of Africa.”
