The Nigerian government, on Friday, received the first batch of Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine.
According to a tweet by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), the MaxAirLtd Flight VM602 evacuated Nigerians from Bucharest, Romania and landed in Abuja at about 7:10 AM on Friday.
The tweet reads, “First Batch of Nigerians from #Ukraine arrive Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja from Romania at 7:10 am.”
The passengers, numbering 416 from Romania, are mostly students who fled Ukraine into Romania amid the ongoing war between Russia and the Eastern European country.
Meanwhile, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairman of the commission wrote, “To God be the glory Max Air Evacuation flight VM602 from Bucharest touched down in Abuja.”
Nigerian airlines, Max Air and Air Peace concluded arrangements to conduct the evacuation flights of Nigerians from Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.
The two airlines had been contracted by the Nigerian Government to carry out the evacuation process.
Stranded Nigerians including hundreds of students studying in Ukraine are currently taking shelter in neighbouring countries in the wake of the outbreak of the Russia-Ukrainian war.
