Muhammad Yusuf, the Sudanese ambassador to Nigeria, has appealed to Nigerian evacuees to return to the war-torn country after the crisis.
The envoy made this known on Thursday after hundreds of citizens landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The first batch, about 376 evacuees, arrived via military jet C13. More are expected within the coming days.
According to Yusuf, the evacuees should consider Sudan as their second country, saying that the situation in the country is already calming down.
The ambassador also expressed optimism that the army will soon regain control of the whole territory.
“I’m very happy to have these evacuees coming from Sudan safe, no life is lost. Nigerians are coming from their second country.
“I hope that things will be controlled and safety will be back. You can come back and continue your studies, and businesses,” he said.
Yusuf said although the government had proposed another truce, there would be no negotiations between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The acceptance of the truce, he explained, is for only humanitarian purposes to enable people to get food, shelter, water, and medicine.
Recall that many Nigerians were already caught up in the crisis in Sudan before the Nigerian government started making effort to evacuate them back to Nigeria.