A screenshot from the viral video
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About 600 Nigerian citizens who have been stranded in Saudi Arabia for more than seven months, according to a viral video making rounds on social media, have appealed to the government to come to their rescue.
In the viral video, bodies are seen packed in black polythene bags lying on the floor of a crowded room.
“We are here more than three months, six months, seven months ago, without any action, no better information on transport to Nigeria,” the narrator in the video said.
The narrator said the rules and regulations of the location does not allow them to stay there than two weeks.
“Most nationals of other countries have been flown back to their countries. Only we Nigerians don’t have any source or way of getting back,” he said.
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Chairman of the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a series of tweets on Friday said: “Nigerian irregular migrants in Saudi Arabia are due to be evacuated on the 28th and 29th of January, pending any unforeseen issues.”
Dabiri-Erewa said the evacuation is expected to be carried out in two batches of 400 and 200 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The NIDCOM boss however said that “their evacuation was delayed due to issues relating to COVID-19.
“We appeal to Nigerians to resist traveling abroad without proper documents. It’s become very dangerous and more difficult”
Overtime, the commission had taken up cases of stranded Nigerian nationals abroad, especially during the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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