The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has appealed to Nigeria’s government to go to the rescue of the country’s citizens trapped in war-torn Sudan.
The Arewa youths charged the FG to quickly rise up to the occassion, saying that something must be done to evacuate Nigerians living and studying in that country.
The call to evacuate Nigerians from the East African nation was championed by the National President of the AYCF, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, via a statement, he stressed that it is totally unacceptable that while several countries were evacuating their citizens from Sudan, Nigeria is the only African nation giving excuses.
The group said many Nigerian students, especially Northerners, were stuck in Sudan, rejecting the Nigerian Embassy claim that it has been difficult to evaluate them.
He added, “We are aware that the Sudanese government had already warned that the situation would escalate, and gave 72 hours ultimatum for countries whose citizens are either doing business or schooling in that country to be evacuated. We cannot fathom why all we get at the moment is the excuse by our embassy that doing so would be difficult. What held us from taking advantage of the 72 hours ultimatum in the first place?”
It said if Nigerian students are killed in the unrest, the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan should be held accountable.