War: FG evacuates Nigerians from Iran

The Federal Government has begun evacuating Nigerian nationals who privation to permission Iran amid increasing tensions successful the Middle East.

The evacuees are being escorted done the Armenian borderline arsenic portion of efforts to guarantee their safety.

The improvement was disclosed by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians successful Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, successful a station shared connected her X account.

Dabiri-Erewa stated that officials of the Nigerian Embassy successful Tehran are coordinating the evacuation workout and providing assistance to Nigerians consenting to depart the country.

According to her, those leaving Iran are being accompanied to the Armenian border, wherever arrangements person been enactment successful spot to warrant their harmless transition retired of the country.

The evacuation follows heightened information concerns successful the portion aft coordinated subject strikes being carried retired against Iran by the United States and Israel.

The attacks prompted retaliatory rocket and drone strikes successful parts of the Middle East, raising fears that the concern could escalate into a wider determination conflict.

However, Dabiri-Erewa assured that nary Nigerian national successful Iran has been harmed since the hostilities began. She added that officials from the Nigerian Embassy stay stationed astatine the borderline to person and enactment Nigerians choosing to leave.

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