The Nigerian government has admitted Igbo students were asked to come down from evacuation buses in Sudan, but it was not deliberate.
Recall that on Tuesday, a Nigerian of Igbo
descent was seen lamenting the level of discrimination against Igbos in a
foreign land to the extent that after entry into evacuation buses, they were
allegedly asked to come down in Sudan.
He had claimed that Nigerian authorities
evacuated stranded Nigerians in war-torn Sudan by state of origin and left
Igbos behind.
The man in viral video had stated that they
were asked to come down from the bus that conveyed other stranded Nigerians
from other ethnic groups on Saturday and Sunday to Egypt.
The young man in the video had however
appealed to wealthy Igbo men to come to their aide.
However, the Nigerian government denied the
allegations, describing the account as false.
The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Mrs. Francisca Omayuli, on Wednesday, urged the general public to
disregard the allegation.
Omayuli said that it had investigated the
allegation and found it to be false, adding that Igbo were among the first
batch of 637 Nigerians evacuated to Aswan Border, Egypt.
She, however, admitted that Igbo were asked
to come down from evacuation buses but it wasn’t deliberate, noting that the
issue had been resolved.
“More buses were made available to
accommodate every Nigerian national in Sudan who indicated interest to be
evacuated.
“It is, therefore, surprising that such a
misleading allegation could be levelled against officials of the Embassy who
had worked tirelessly on the evacuation exercise,” she added.
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