Ndị Naijiria 2,000 ka nọ na Russia n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị ogologo oge ka FIFA kwụsịrị iko mba ụwa

Almost 2,000 Nigerian football fans who arrived in Russia for the FIFA 2018 World Cup are still in the country, making up the largest number of the more than 5,000 supporters who have remained illegally.

A kọrọ na izu gara aga na ihe karịrị ndị na-akwado iko mba ụwa 12,000 ka nọ na Russia ruo Disemba 31 - ụbọchị nke usoro FAN ID kwụsịrị.

Usoro ahụ nyere ndị Fans nwere tiketi egwuregwu World Cup banye Russia n'oge asọmpi na-enweghị visa, ọ bụrụhaala na ha nwere akwụkwọ FAN ID.

E weere atụmatụ a ka ọ gara nke ọma ma gbasaa ka ndị ji FAN ID nwee ike ịga n'ihu na-abanye na obodo ahụ na-enweghị visa ruo ọgwụgwụ nke afọ.

Ministri ime ime Rọshịa kọrọ n’izu gara aga na ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị Fans fọdụrụ na Rọshịa n’ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị ka e belatara n’ọnwa Jenụwarị, mana ka dị 5,500.

The Interior Ministry press service provided a breakdown of those numbers on Thursday.

Ndị Naijiria bụ ọnụ ọgụgụ kasị ukwuu ka nọ na Rọshịa, ebe ụmụ amaala 1,863 ahapụbeghị. Ndị si Vietnam (911) na Bangladesh (456) sochiri nke ahụ - ọ dịghị onye ọ bụla n'ime ha na-egwuri egwu na asọmpi otu iri atọ na abụọ.

Senegal, who were playing in Russia but like Nigeria were knocked out at the group stage, have an estimated 253 citizens still in the country.

Mịnịstrị na-ahụ maka ime obodo ekwuola na ọrụ ịchụpụ ndị nọ na mba ahụ n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị ga-aga n'ihu, a na-atụkwa anya na a ga-arụcha ya na njedebe nke March.

Ihe dị ka ndị na-akwado mba ofesi 650,000 gara Russia n'oge asọmpi ahụ, dịka ozi siri kwuo.

"N'isi, ha niile na-erube isi n'iwu wee hapụ obodo ahụ n'oge nke ha," onye isi ngalaba mbata na ọpụpụ Andrei Kayushin kwuru n'izu gara aga.

Some fans may well have been looking to continue the World Cup party, although others may have hoped to enter Russia before moving on elsewhere – including to the EU. Others are said to have planned to file for asylum in Russia.