Russia: FG Announces Evacuation Of Nigerians From Ukraine To Begin On Wednesday

The federal government of Nigeria has announced that it will begin the evacuation of Nigerians stranded in Ukraine from Wednesday, March 2nd.

The minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, revealed this during a meeting with the Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday February 28.

He said that the Federal government had begun the process for the evacuation of Nigerians in Ukraine-Russia crisis and planes would be dispatched on Wednesday.

“We hope to start evacuation hopefully Wednesday… We are doing everything possible to ensure that come Wednesday, we will dispatch planes for evaluation”.

The minister stated further that claims of racism against Nigerians who were trying to cross the border were not true.

“The advice then was for Nigerians to stay put, but as soon as the air strike started, most people started advancing towards the borders and this caused huge backlog of people who were walking 37 kilometers to the Polish border.

“And when I started hearing stories of racism and discrimination, I called the Ukrainian Minister and he said it had nothing to do with race.”