On July 19, 201810:50 pm


Abuja – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that Nigerians stranded in Moscow, Russia at the end of the 2018 World Cup Tournament would be evacuated on Friday.


The Ministry’s Spokesperson, Dr Tope Elias-Fatile, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja said over 230 stranded Nigerians had been cleared to board an Ethiopian Airline flight to Abuja on Friday.


He said that the development was sequel to Mr President’s directive that stranded Nigerians in Russia be evacuated with immediate effect.


According to him, the Ministry and Nigerian mission in Moscow in collaboration with the Ministry of Aviation have been monitoring the process of the evacuation.


”As at the last count, over 230 stranded Nigerians had been cleared to board an Ethiopian Airline flight to Abuja.


”The aircraft would depart Domodedovo Airport in Moscow with the stranded Nigerians at 08.30 hours Friday, July, 20th and arrive Abuja at 16.00 hours same day,” he said.


He noted that over 150 stranded Nigerians were among the fans who travelled to the Russian Federation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament that besieged the Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow on July 12th.


The fans according to him, were stranded after the events due to lack of funds for their upkeep as well as allegation that some airline travel agents cancelled return tickets of their customers without their knowledge.


”Consequently, the Mission submitted a formal complaint to host authorities against the airlines that brought the stranded Nigerians to the Russian Federation.


”The Mission also made arrangements for the feeding and accommodation of the stranded Nigerians in hostels around Moscow,” he said.


He noted that President Mohammadu Buhari had on July 16 directed the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Aviation to evacuate the Nigerians to Abuja immediately.


Fatile said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would continue to monitor the evacuation process and keep the public informed. (NAN)


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DisGuy, justwise, lalasticlala

This is good.

The Government has done the right thing, as they are suppose to do. Kudos to the Ministry of foreign affairs for doing the right thing.

230 ah the money wey them waste go der for do better things in their lives

Hmmm, world cup remnants.

GOD JOB FG.
Welcome back home guys!

FG should leave them there, this one na private mata. Ugosample how u c dis one, Russia don cast?

Good job by the government. The funny thing is that you will find out the rescued people will be the first ones to throw insults at the government for not caring. Plus we all know next week , we will have another 500 stranded Nigerians crying out for help in another nation or the same Russia . We are the biggest problem, greed , lack of patience in business, wanting easy things without putting in too much work, lack of respect for foreign laws and society rules, "illiteracy "even the ones out of university, lack of organisation and proper planning, desparation to escape our country even when there's no need to, thinking we could always cheat our way to the top.everywhere we go