The federal government has confirmed plans to evacuate over 2,000 Nigerians in Khartoum, the capital of crisis-plagued Sudan.

The Director, Special Duties, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Onimode Bandele, said no one has been evacuated yet but plans are ongoing to facilitate the process. 

He confirmed that the agency's Director General, Mustapha Habib, is already in Cairo, Egypt as part of negotiation to fast-track the evacuation.

According to him, the movement is to be perfected between the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum and the NEMA director general.