War: Arewa youths demand immediate evacuation of Nigerians trapped in Sudan

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The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has demanded for the
immediate evacuation of Nigerians trapped in the last few weeks in war
ridden Sudan.
To this end, the AYCF called on Nigerian Embassy in Sudan to move its citizens
out of the troubled country, noting that it is only Nigeria out of many African
countries that has not shown any sign of seriousness to evacuate its citizens.
In a statement on Saturday by the National President of the Forum, Yerima
Shettima, it further warned that the youth Forum would hold Federal
government accountable should any Nigerian student is killed in Sudan.
“As concerned Nigerians who are very uncomfortable with the fate of
Nigerians trapped in Sudan due to ongoing war and killings, we feel duty
bound to unequivocally demand for immediate evacuation of our brothers and
sisters.“It is totally unacceptable that while several countries were evacuating their
citizens from Sudan, ours is the only African nation giving excuses.
“With thousands of Nigerians in Sudan, especially male and female Northern
students being the majority, we reject the lame excuse given in a letter by
the Nigeria Embassy about the difficulty of evacuating our sons and
daughters. No Northerner in this country is at peace since the killings and
arson started in Sudan.
“We are aware that the Sudanese government had already warned that the
situation would escalate, and gave 72 hours ultimatum for countries whose
citizens are either doing business or schooling in that country to be
evacuated.
“We cannot fathom why all we get at the moment is the excuse by our
Embassy that doing so would be difficult. What held us from taking advantage
of the 72 hours ultimatum in the first place?
“It is abundantly clear that lives are now at stake, especially for our Northern
brothers and sisters schooling in Sudan, considering the escalation of this war,
that involves the use of heavy-duty incendiary.
“As a group, we wish to make it categorically clear that if our innocent
Northern brothers and sisters schooling in Sudan get killed in this war, we
shall hold the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan accountable.
“We wish to emphasize that on no account should these young and innocent
Nigerians be left to their own devices, because they have a fatherland that
has the constitutional and legal responsibility to protect the lives of citizens
anywhere they are on this planet”. The statement said.