“Avoid Non-Essential Travel to Nigeria” – Canadian Government to Citizens. By Daisy BARRO

 

Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Troudeau

In a recently published travel advisory, the Canadian government enjoins all its citizens to be wary of “non-essential travel” to Nigeria due to the “unpredictable security situation throughout the country.”

In the advisory, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Yobe, Imo and Anambra States were listed as “Avoid-all-travel” areas, while the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Calabar were considered “more stable and more developed than the rest of the country.”

Canadian citizens were further advised to exercise extreme caution when in Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo and the Niger Delta in the Gulf of Guinea, where according to sources, hijacks are rampant.

“Those crimes, often perpetrated by small groups of armed individuals are indiscriminate. Residents and foreigners alike have been held captive, sometimes for days, until a ransom was paid. Deaths have also been reported”, the advisory read.

This comes on the heels of the unfortunate abduction of students, family members and staff of Government Science College, Kagara – Niger State barely a week ago.