FG urges Nigerian students to stay indoors as fighting rages among rival Sudanese troops

The Federal Government has advised Nigerians studying in war-torn Sudan to disregard the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) plans to evacuate them to Ethiopia.

In a statement issued on Sunday by the Charge D’ Affairs of the Nigerian Embassy in Khartoum, H .Y. Garko, the government urged the students to maintain their composure as preparations were being made to evacuate them from the North African country.

The NANS had in a statement issued by its media committee directed the students to gather in Gadarif for their evacuation to neighboring Ethiopia.