About 75 stranded Nigerians and 35 other nationals bringing the total number of passengers on board to 110 have successfully evacuated Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan. The flight which is the fifth Mission's evacuation Special Flight took off from Cairo.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that evacuees were dominated by students who departed Egypt at about 10 am Egypt local time, the special flight coming from Astana, Kazakhstan through Dubai, and to Cairo also had on board the Deputy Director of Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) Ambassador Hameed Opeloyeru and his wife.
The Ministry stated, " Total number of passengers is 110 -75 Nigerians, mostly students from various universities in Egypt and (9) students from Amman Jordan, one Nigerian from Baghdad and six (6) Nigerians Erbil in Iraq.