Armed groups Tuesday attacked the Nigerian embassy in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau, a country of about 1.7 million people. The reason for the action is not yet known. The event is happening just as the country is preparing for its general elections slated for next month. Guinea-Bissau currently has an Interim President, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, who emerged in May 2012 to head a transitional government following the sacking of the country’s democratically-elected government by a military coup.
According to The Guardian sources, armed personnel and militias stormed the Nigerian embassy in a commando style, attacking everyone in sight and eventually causing the closure of the Nigerian sovereign outpost. As at press time, members of staff of the embassy, including the Nigerian envoy to that country, Ambassador Ahmed Adams, were said to be taking refuge in a police station. No casualty has so far been reported. All efforts by The Guardian to reach the Nigerian envoy to the country failed. Although his telephone rang, he did not pick. This Country is a joke, how dare they attack the symbol of our Nation in a foreign land. Can they do that to another Country. How upsetting.
Guardian Nigeria.
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