Reports Of Officials Barring Nigerians From Exiting Ukraine ‘Unfortunate’ – Presidency

The Presidency has described as unfortunate, the reports of Ukrainian police and security personnel refusing to allow Nigerians to board buses and trains heading towards the Ukraine-Poland border.

“From video evidence, first-hand reports, and from those in contact with their wards and/or Nigerian consular officials there have been unfortunate reports of Ukrainian police and security personnel refusing to allow Nigerians to board buses and trains heading towards the Ukraine-Poland border,” Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu said in a statement on Sunday.

He also said that in a video that has been widely circulating on social media, a Nigerian mother with her baby was filmed being physically forced to give up her seat to another person.

According to the statement, there were also separate reports of Polish officials simply refusing Nigerian citizens’ entry into Poland from Ukraine

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