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UK warns citizens against non-essential travel to Anambra after U.S. convoy attack

Four staffers of the United States Consulate in Nigeria were killed on Tuesday after attackers opened fire on a convoy.

• May 18, 2023
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery

The United Kingdom’s foreign travel advice service has, in its most recent update, advised its citizens against non-essential travels to Anambra state.

In the update issued on Thursday on its website, the advice read: “The FCDO now advise against all but essential to Anambra state following an attack on a US convoy.”

Four staff of the United States Consulate in Nigeria were killed on Tuesday after attackers opened fire on a convoy.

The victims were in a diplomatic convoy when they came under heavy attack around Amiyi-Eke Ochuche in the Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra.

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