Ukraine: Tambuwal confirms Sokoto students’ safe arrival in Budapest

The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has disclosed that the 73 indigenes of the state and one from Taraba State stranded in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion have successfully entered Budapest, Hungary.

The governor who confirmed their arrival and safety through a statement by his spokesman, Muhammad Bello, on Tuesday, said they entered Hungary three days after they started leaving Ukraine.

The statement titled, ‘Ukraine: Sokoto students now in Budapest’, listed the students being evacuated to include 49 that are sponsored by the state government, out of which 47 are medical students while the remaining two are studying automobile engineering and computer science respectively.

It added that the other 24 are Sokoto state indigenes that are self-sponsored while the remaining one is a female student who hails from Taraba state and was included among the Sokoto students.

According to the statement, all the students were studying in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkhiv and Dnipro cities before the outbreak of the war.

“Today, not too long ago, I spoke with them via Zoom. From what they told me, there are in good shape. They are in Budapest, Hungary,” the statement quoted Tambuwal to have said while briefing newsmen in Sokoto on Tuesday.

He affirmed that the state government is in close contact with the Nigerian authorities at home in Abuja and abroad.

“We are in touch with the Federal Government, especially the Nigerian embassy there and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to see that in the shortest time possible they are returned home without any hitch, by the grace of God,” the governor said.