More glimmer of hope was raised Friday evening as the second batch of Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine arrived in Abuja from Poland.
The first batch of returnees, most of whom were students, arrived shortly after 6.30 am on Friday on a chartered Max Air flight from Bucharest, Romania’s capital.
The second batch of evacuees from Poland flew in on an Air Peace aircraft and touched down about 6.35 pm.
The Head, Media and Public Relations Unit, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abdur-Rahman Balogun, confirmed the arrival of the second batch of Ukraine-based Nigerians in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Air Peace flight carrying the evacuees touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, at exactly 6:35 pm.
It has yet to be certain how many people were on board the aircraft.
The evacuation exercise follows the attack by Russia on Ukraine which has left scores of people killed and many displaced.
Over 5,000 Nigerians, a majority of whom are students studying in Ukraine, have been caught up in the conflict.
Many of them have reportedly fled to neighbouring countries to Ukraine including Hungary, Poland and Romania.
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