About
50 Nigerian s have been evacuated from Syria following the ongoing
crises in the country, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbega Ashiru
said on Monday.
Mr Ashiru said that the evacuees complied with government’s directive to leave Syria and he advised others to vacate the Middle East nation.
“We have evacuated quite a lot of Nigerians from Syria. It was not an airlift exercise like we did in the case of Libya because they are very few.
“From the report I got, those moved so far are less than 50, long before the situation deteriorated we advised them to move.
“Some have decided to stay behind but it is their choice,” he said.
The minister also said that the families of the Charge d’Affairs and officials at the embassy had been relocated to the neighbouring nation of Lebanon “and they are very safe there.”
March 15, 2011 marked the beginning of the crisis in the troubled Middle Eastern nation, with public demonstrations as part of the wider Arab spring and developed into a nationwide uprising.
Mr Ashiru said that the evacuees complied with government’s directive to leave Syria and he advised others to vacate the Middle East nation.
“We have evacuated quite a lot of Nigerians from Syria. It was not an airlift exercise like we did in the case of Libya because they are very few.
“From the report I got, those moved so far are less than 50, long before the situation deteriorated we advised them to move.
“Some have decided to stay behind but it is their choice,” he said.
The minister also said that the families of the Charge d’Affairs and officials at the embassy had been relocated to the neighbouring nation of Lebanon “and they are very safe there.”
March 15, 2011 marked the beginning of the crisis in the troubled Middle Eastern nation, with public demonstrations as part of the wider Arab spring and developed into a nationwide uprising.
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