It has been reported that a bus carrying Nigerian citizens who were being evacuated from the conflict-ridden country of Sudan has caught fire.
The incident happened in the early hours of Monday, and according to a statement released, the cause of the fire was excessive heat from one of the bus tires.
The affected bus had a tag number of Katsina 1 and was conveying about 50 Nigerian students who were part of the second batch of the Federal Government of Nigeria's evacuation plan.
Among the passengers was Dr. Hashim Idris Na'Allah, the chairman of the Nigerian Elders' Forum in Sudan. The bus was en route to Port Sudan when the incident occurred at around 2:30 am Sudan time.
Fortunately, all the passengers were able to escape unharmed, and forty of them were redistributed to the other buses conveying the students.
The remaining passengers, including the driver, spent the night where the incident happened, at an RSF checkpoint. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stationed at the checkpoint offered them tea in the morning before they departed.
Further details of the incident are expected to emerge soon.
