BREAKING: US Blacklists Nigeria Few Days After Buhari Reelection
According to report, the citizens of United States of America have been warned to reconsider traveling to Nigeria due to the rising state of insecurity in the country.
US blacklisted Nigeria due to the level of “crime rate, terrorism, kidnapping, civil unrest, carjacking, robbery, raping and piracy” in the country.
The Statement which was made known by the United States of America’s Department of State on its website during the week has it that the department has labeled high-threat countries with a ‘K’, so as to communicate more clearly to US citizens the risks or kidnapping and hostage taking by criminal and terrorist actors around the world.
The department further said separate from kidnapping, its citizens planning to visit Nigeria should also be wary of armed robbery, rape, carjacking civil unrest, terrorism and indiscriminate violence.
It also issued a level 4 travel alert for Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states due to terrorism, saying they should not travel to the three states. It pointed out that the security situation in the North-East was fluid and unpredictable, particularly in the three states.
The post read: “Reconsider travel to Nigeria due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping and piracy. Some areas have increased risk.
“Do not travel to Borno and Yobe states and northern Adamawa State due to terrorism.
“Violent crimes such as armored robbery, assault, carjacking, kidnapping and rape are common throughout the country. Exercise extreme caution throughout the country due to the threat of indiscriminate violence. ”