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Canada has issued a fresh travel advisory urging its citizens to avoid all non-essential trips to Nigeria because of what it describes as an “unpredictable security situation throughout the country.”
In the advisory updated on Monday, the Canadian government warned of significant risks, including terrorism, crime, inter-communal violence, armed attacks, and kidnappings.
It advised against all travel to 23 states, including Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Plateau, Niger, Kogi, Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Taraba and Yobe.
Southern states listed include Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu, Imo, and Rivers (excluding Port Harcourt).
Travellers were told to exercise a high degree of caution in Lagos and Calabar.
The advisory stated:
“There is a high level of crime throughout Nigeria, particularly in urban and border areas. Robberies and muggings occur regularly, often carried out by large, well-armed criminal groups, and usually in places frequented by expatriates. Some crimes have been committed by individuals posing as police or military personnel, particularly in the Niger Delta.”
It also noted a rise in violent crime in the outskirts of Abuja and the wider Federal Capital Territory, where authorities frequently conduct anti-crime operations.
Canada’s warning comes just weeks after the UK advised British nationals to avoid travel to 21 Nigerian states, citing worsening insecurity.
