The Nigerian government has received 130 citizens who fled troubled Ukraine, at its embassy in Romania.
The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday said 130 Nigerians have been received by officials in Romania.
It added that it had provided accommodation for the Nigerians as arrangements were being made to fly them back home.
SaharaReporters on Sunday reported the harrowing ordeal of Nigerians still trapped in the Ukrainian crisis who were desperately trying to cross to other countries but were being turned back by officials.
SaharaReporters was told on Sunday that they could not move out and Nigerians were already freezing at the borders.
“They are not allowing us to leave the Ukrainian border. They are only evacuating their people to Slovakia. We are stuck in Uzhgorod just before we enter Slovak. Can’t type much; we will walk into Slovak; the Ukrainian soldiers should just let us leave,” a Nigerian had lamented.
“They are not doing any paperwork here. They are taking most of their people. Out of like 200 people, we are the only blacks,” another Nigerian victim said.
“They said we are Russians. This is really getting out of hand. We almost got burnt yesterday, on our way from Lviv to Uzhgorod. It was a policeman that saved the situation,” one of them had also said.
“We are not allowed into Slovakia. We can get a flight home from Slovakia. Most of our phones are dead. The current situation is that you are denied entry into Slovakia. Someone who managed to enter Slovakia in the middle of the night said no one from Nigeria had reached out to them,” another Nigerian lamented.
“We are denied exit from Ukraine. At Uzhgorod city (border between Ukraine and Slovakia),” another stranded Nigerian said.
