Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has assured that the 73 indigenes of the State and one from Taraba State stranded in Ukraine as a result of the war there have successfully entered Budapest, Hungary, three days after they started leaving Ukraine.
A breakdown of the number of students being evacuated by the Sokoto State Government, according to a statement by Tambuwal’s Spokesman, Muhammad Bello, shows that 49 are those sponsored by it, out of which 47 are Medical students while the remaining two are studying Automobile Engineering and Computer Science respectively.
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.