FG condemns repatriation of 30 Nigerian students from Sudan over Ebola
"erroneous and unfortunate", the repatriation of 30
Nigerians by Sudan over suspicion of them being infected by
the Ebola Virus Disease.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Nigerian
government had already protested the ill-treatment of
Nigerians by the country to the Sudanese authority and was
seeking appropriate redress.
Spokesman of the ministry, Mr Ogbole Ode, said that 30
Nigerians were repatriated by the Sudanese authority
Thursday last week.
"The repatriation is erroneous because the World Health
Organisation (WHO), has declared Nigeria Ebola-free since
Oct. 20 after 42-day observation period without recording
any case of Ebola.
"It is unfortunate that Sudan a supposedly friendly African
nation which has cordial relations with Nigeria, will act this
way," Ode said.
The spokesman said that 26 of the affected Nigerians were
students who had travelled to Nigeria on holidays and were
returning to Khartoun after their holidays in Nigeria.
According to him, the Nigerians had travelled to Khartoum
via an Ethiopian Airline" but on arrival, authorities seized
their passports, and arranged for them to return to Nigeria.
He, however, said that following the intervention of the
Nigerian Embassy in Khartoun, 13 of the affected students,
who had not left Khartoun, were allowed entry.
Ode said that the ministry was committed to the country's
foreign policy of promoting and protecting the interests of
Nigerians living or traveling abroad.
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