Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa
The Federal Government has started evacuating Nigerians who wish to leave Iran, escorting them across the border into Armenia as tensions rise in the Middle East.
The evacuation follows the crisis triggered by coordinated military strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel on February 28, which sparked retaliatory missile and drone attacks across the region.
Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said Nigerian embassy officials in Tehran are coordinating the evacuation and facilitating safe passage for citizens who want to leave.
“Willing Nigerians being escorted across the Armenian border by officials of the Nigerian embassy in Iran for safe passage,” Dabiri-Erewa wrote, adding that no Nigerian in Iran has been affected by the war so far.
She said repatriation flights are currently impossible because the airspace is unsafe, but assured that a Federal Government crisis response team is on standby to evacuate Nigerians once flights can safely resume.
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