Chiamaka Okafor
Mr Mohammed said he was not issuing a travel advisory but merely giving a piece of advice to Nigerians who may be visiting these countries.
The Nigerian government on Monday issued a
travel advisory to its citizens visiting the US and European countries.
Delivering his opening remarks at the
ongoing Buhari administration score card series, Nigeria's Minister of
Information, Lai Mohammed, advised travelling Nigerians to take precautions
when in the countries as reported cases of theft were on the rise there.
Mr Mohammed said he was not issuing a
travel advisory but merely giving a piece of advice to Nigerians who may be
visiting these countries.
"It has come to the attention of the
government that Nigerian travellers to the United States and some countries in
Europe are having their belongings, especially money and international
passports, stolen at an increasingly high rate," he said.
According to the information minister,
recent victims of these thefts are travellers to the UK, most of whom were
dispossessed of their belongings at high brow shops, particularly in the high
street of Oxford.
"We have therefore decided to advise
Nigerians travelling to Europe and the United States to take extra precaution
to avoid being dispossessed of their belongings," he added.
The US and UK had in October issued
security alerts warning of a heightened risk of terrorist attack in Abuja,
Nigerian's capital.
The alert resulted in panic which saw the
temporary shutdown of a shopping mall amongst others.
The US also authorised the evacuation of
some of its citizens who were willing to leave Nigeria.
The Nigerian government criticized the
travel advisory then, saying there was no basis for it.
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