Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine via Poland
The second flight from Poland with 123 persons, including an infant on board Air Peace, landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Intl. Airport Friday at about 1:20 a.m. local time.
They were received by the Head, Technology Transfer and Innovation at the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Terab Abdulrahman and officials of relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies who welcomed them home.
A third evacuation flight will depart Budapest, Hungary to Abuja at 8:00am on Saturday. Interested Nigerians fleeing Ukraine are advised to contact the Nigerian embassy in Ukraine for necessary arrangements.
Nigerian and Ukrainian governments Wednesday overcame initial political and logistical challenges to commence the safe evacuation of stranded students in Sumy, a city in the far north-eastern part of Ukraine within the Central Russian Upland.
So far a total number of 1,076 Nigerians fleeing the crisis in Ukraine -415 persons from Bucharest Romania, 181 persons from Warsaw Poland and 480 persons from Budapest Hungary – have been evacuated back to Nigeria.