NIGERIANS IN UKRAINE - EVACUATION UPDATE 5

Furtherance to our efforts to evacuate Nigerians from the neighbouring countries sorrounding Ukraine, we can confirm that Chattered flight will depart on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 to pick up Nigerian evacuees back home. 

So far, we have the following records of evacuees received by Nigerian embassies at: Hungary (650 persons), Poland (350 persons), Romania (940 persons) and Slovakia (150 persons). 

The capacity and route of the airlines are as follows: Max Air to Romania 560 persons, Airpeace to Poland 364 persons and Airpeace to Hungary 360 persons. 

The first batch of evacuees are expected to arrive Nigeria on Thursday, March 3, 2022. 

Once again, we assure Nigerians that we are working around the clock to see that our citizens are brought back home safely. 

Consular helplines: +234 916 084 7498, +234 701 088 2907

Signed 

Ambassador Gabriel Aduda 

Permanent Secretary 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Time: 23:00 hrs 
Monday, 1st March, 2022