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NSA Monguno: Nigerians ‘unnecessarily’ worried about U.S. terror alerts in Abuja

Babagana Monguno, the national security adviser (NSA), has expressed disapproval of the travel warnings several embassies have issued to th...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief October 31, 2022
Updated October 31, 2022 at 4:11 PM
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Nigerians ‘unnecessarily’ worried about U.S. terror alerts in Abuja: NSA Monguno

Babagana Monguno, the national security adviser (NSA), has expressed disapproval of the travel warnings several embassies have issued to their staff in Nigeria, advising Nigerians and other locals to conduct business as usual without fear.

After an urgent security meeting that President Muhammadu Buhari called on Monday in Abuja, Mr Monguno addressed the media.

The security adviser stated that the travel advisories had unnecessarily instilled dread and apprehension among Nigerians when he spoke to the media with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lucky Irabor, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema.

He added that the terror alert was needless as the hype and the sense of insecurity it created were unfounded.

“The issue of Nigerians being made to panic is unnecessary; the situation in various areas, the federal capital territory, the situation has been brought under control,” he said.

According to him, security and intelligence agencies are not resting on their oars to ensure that all Nigerians and every part of the country remain safe.

“We are trying as much as possible to work with our neighbours and within the domestic situation to work with our foreign partners in a responsible way without giving the impression that Nigeria is sitting on thin ice to explore.

“That has come to dispel any illusion about any sense of heightened insecurity.

“It is false; it is irresponsible for anybody to give that signal. We are working with our foreign partners in a responsible way, and Nigerians should go back to their normal daily undertakings without being put in a situation of fear.”

Also addressing the correspondents, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Onyeama, called on citizens to ignore the security threat and travel advisory recently issued by the U.S. and UK and continue their daily routines.

“Nigeria has been engaging the United States on intelligence sharing; It’s been the norm for U.S. to make such a pronouncement.

“We engaged the U.S. from this, and their response was that they are obliged to put out those kinds of statements, normally travel advisories.

“But in this case, it was an alert, but they said that they were obliged to, for their citizens, and that the advice, you know, the alert was really, for their citizens.

“They do it around the world, as you know, they did it also in South Africa, in this particular case,” he said.

Also allaying the fears of Nigerians occasioned by the terror alert, the Chief of Defence Staff said security agencies had been on their toes to thwart all threats.

(NAN)

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