The UK Government has defended the travel advisory it issued on the security situation in Nigeria, stating that it is in line with its support to Nigeria and Africa.
The defence came from the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, who said this at a forum organised by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday.
According to Laing, the initial threat that led to the issue of the advice warning British Citizens on the security threat in Abuja has been managed and the advice reverted.
“The FCT Abuja had been green all the time until we were made aware of the specific security in the FCT area, and we have now reverted to green.
“But the particular threat we were worried about we are confident has been managed.
“It is obviously for the Nigerian government to lead on this, the various agencies are working incredibly hard to pick up intelligence to process and to follow the leads.
“Our job as the UK is to support Nigeria and we have a security defence partnership with Nigeria which has many, many different aspects.
“One of the aspects is support for counterterrorism. So we do military training, for example on counter IED to how your soldiers can spot IED and dismantle it if they see one.
“So, we are here to support, but it is obviously for the Nigerian government and the military to lead on security", she said.
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