Few days ago, Nigerians received with joy, reports of stranded students in Sudan being mobilised and moved to Egypt.
They were happy for their safety, more so, they were happy that they would be united with their families after several days of fear.
Now they will have to wait for some more days to before they will see their returning love ones.
About 7,000 persons including Nigerians are stranded at Egypt border.
Relevant authorities along the borders of Sudan have been charged by the Government of Nigeria to create humane conditions for them.
No Entrance
The Government, in its request, asked the authorities to allow the nationals access to their various destinations.
The chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this request.
She says the nationals were not being allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival on Thursday evening.
Also, Dabiri-Erewa on Thursday confirmed the arrival of the first set of stranded Nigerians in Sudan at the Aswan border in Egypt.
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She said the border was already closed when the students got there.
According to her, they would proceed to the airport in the morning.
No Visa, No Transit
However, the publicity unit of NiDCOm, Gabriel Odu released a statement saying that “the Nigerian mission in Egypt has been working tirelessly on this”.
The Egyptian authorities are insisting on visas by fellow Africans to transit back to their countries.
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“She appeals to the Egyptian authorities to kindly allow the already traumatised travellers to transit to their final destinations in various countries in Africa,” the statement read.
