According to a voice note of a Nigerian official obtained by
our correspondent on Friday morning, students without passports or ETC had been
instructed to stay back.
The official added that two students without any of the
documents were impatient and joined their colleagues, adding that the Egyptian
authorities were angry and ordered that all the students should be taken back
to Sudan to get the needed permits.
The voice note said, “Our children have spoiled the efforts
that the Federal Government is putting in place to airlift them. All the
students that have passports were allowed to move to the Egypt airport and
those that do not have were asked to wait behind and an ETC will be issued to
them as a formal document for them to travel. Out of impatience, two students
without passports or ETC sneaked in.
“Now, the two students were discovered at the Aswan airport
and the Egyptian authorities are angry. Now, all the stranded Nigerians have to
go back to Sudan. They conveyed over 500 Nigerians and everyone will go back to
Sudan. They will have to get an exit permit and then get another permit back to
Egypt. This will cause a delay of almost 10 hours.”
The official also said that the issue was on the whereabouts
of a little child could not be ascertained.
“Also, in the midst of the confusion, a child sneaked into
Egypt. We cannot find him. Legal actions would be taken against the two
students.”
The official also warned students at Port Sudan to behave in
a coordinated manner to avoid being returned back to Khartoum.
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