The Federal Government on Monday lamented the repatriation of 30 Nigerians by Sudan over suspicion of them being infected by the Ebola Virus Disease. Read here
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had already protested the ill-treatment to the Sudanese authority and was seeking appropriate redress.
Spokesman of the ministry, Mr Ogbole Ode, said: “The repatriation is erroneous because the World Health Organisation (WHO), has declared Nigeria Ebola-free since Oct. 20 after 42-day observation period without recording any case of Ebola.
“It is unfortunate that Sudan, a supposedly friendly African nation which has cordial relations with Nigeria, will act this way,” Ode said.
According to him, 26 of the affected Nigerians were students who had travelled to Nigeria on holidays and were returning to Khartoun after their holidays in Nigeria.
He explained that the Nigerians had travelled to Khartoum via an Ethiopian Airline but on arrival, authorities seized their passports, and arranged for them to return to Nigeria.
He, however, said that following the intervention of the Nigerian Embassy in Khartoun, 13 of the affected students, who had not left Khartoum, were allowed entry.
Ode assured Nigerians that the ministry was committed to the country’s foreign policy of promoting and protecting the interests of its citizens living or traveling abroad
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