Many Nigerian students in Sumy Oblast located in the northeastern part of Ukraine are still trapped in the wake of Russia’s invasion.
The students are seeking the Federal Government’s intervention to get to the nearest border for evacuation.
A curfew extension in the Ukrainian capital has worsened the situation for most of those who are in panic mode.
The prolonged curfew will run from 5pm to 8am every day “for more effective defense of the capital and security of its people,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko had said on Twitter Saturday.
A student in her 5th course at the Sumy State University medical institute, Victoria Tolu, in a chat with The Nation on Telegram said the news online is nothing compared to the suffering they are currentl was apppy going through.
According to her, they had to take refuge underground as Russia continues to launch missiles.
Tolu said: “We can’t transport ourselves to the border with no bus or train insight for No train because the city is under attacks. I’m so scared and can hardly sleep, and even the underground isn’t completely safe, looks like we’ve been deserted, we were even asked to turn off all lights for safety purposes, I can’t turn on the light till tomorrow morning. Let them not mark my building as target”
A third year medical student Elijah described the development as traumatising, adding that they are taking refuge at a bomb shelter provided by the school.
“There is no way to get to all those cities that their border is near Poland and Romania cause we realized that it’s the way out of Ukraine.
“The border near Sumy is the Russian border we need to get out of the place as soon as possible. We are so terrified and traumatized. They have been attacking military bases…Please we need help. The situation here is bad.
“Others in a city like Kyiv and Kharkiv can get to those cities share a border with Poland and Romania but in Sumy we are stuck, we need help.”
Another student, Mary Matthew, told the Nation the curfew has been extended till Monday morning adding that It is forbidden to leave the apartment from 22:00 to 07:00.
She lamented they no longer have access to the CCTV cameras which they were using to check what was happening.
