The United States has declared 20 states in Nigeria as unsafe for
its citizens to visit. It described the security in the affected states
as fluid and unpredictable.
Top on the states that Americans should not visit, according to the State Department, are Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe.
The State Department which placed the travel warning on its website
on Wednesday, said the ability to provide assistance to US citizens in
the three states remains severely limited.
It, therefore, charged American nationals in Nigeria to place
premium on their personal security and make personal safety a priority
in planning their travels.
The State Department said that except for necessity, travel to 17
other states should be controlled because of kidnappings, robberies, and
other armed attacks.
The states are Bauchi, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa,
Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Niger, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, and
Zamfara.
“Based on safety and security risk assessments, the Embassy
maintains restrictions for travel by US officials to the states listed
above; officials must receive advance clearance by the US Mis-sion for
any travel to those states”, it stated.
The American Government further advised its citizens to be
particularly vigilant around government security facilities like
churches, mosques, and other places of worship; locations where large
crowds may gather, such as hotels, clubs, bars, restaurants, markets,
shopping malls; and other areas frequented by expatriates and foreign
travellers.
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