JUST IN: Nigerian students from Sudan reportedly stranded in Sahara desert [VIDEO]

Nigerian students being evacuated from war-torn Sudan are stranded in the Sahara desert, according to a lady seen in a video trending on social media.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the video and the claim of the lady in the video are yet to be confirmed to be true.

However, the lady claimed the buses evacuating Nigerians were stopped in the middle of the Sahara, as the drivers refused to continue the journey because ‘they were not paid’.

Watch video below:

Recall that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama on Wednesday confirmed the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved $1.2 million for the immediate evacuation of Nigerians stranded in the war-torn country.

According to Onyeama, the $1.2 million was for hiring of luxury buses that will transport the stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital to Egypt, from where they will be airlifted to Nigeria.

Update shortly…