March 3, 2022

The Air Peace aircraft deployed to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Europe following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia has landed in Warsaw, Poland to the relief of Nigerians, Political Economist can confirm.

The airline’s spokesman, Mr Stanley Olisa, said in Lagos on Thursday that this will be the first batch of Nigerians to be evacuated since the war broke out.

“The aircraft departed Nigeria at 2.20 a.m. today, March 3, 2022, for Warsaw, Poland,” said the statement.

It will be recalled that the Federal Government engaged Air Peace and another airlines to evacuate over 2,000 Nigerian nationals from neighbouring countries such as Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.

The evacuation followed the approval of the sum of $8.5m by President Buhari.