US Embassy Warns Of Attacks, Russian Embassy Debunks, Nigerian DSS Quiet

The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria said on Friday it had received information that groups “associated with terrorism” may be planning attacks against hotels in the country that are frequented by Westerners.

In a brief message for U.S. citizens, the embassy said it had no further information regarding the timing or method of any planned attacks.

“The U.S. Mission advises all U.S. citizens to be vigilant when at hotels and around areas frequented by expatriates and foreign travelers … locations where large crowds may gather; and government facilities,” the statement said.

In a related news,  The Russian embassy in Nigeria says it has no information about possible terrorist attacks on hotels, where citizens of Western countries are staying, the diplomatic mission’s press service said Friday.

Earlier in the day, US diplomats in Nigeria warned they received data indicating that terrorist groups might be plotting attacks on the country’s hotels frequented by western visitors.

According to the Russian mission, the intelligence data on possible attacks coming from the Nigerian authorities emerges quite often.

“In Nigeria, as you know, this happens often. This statement, this news is not something extraordinary. The fact that the US Embassy said that attracts attention. Such reports appear regularly in Nigeria,” the Russian embassy told RIA Novosti.

Asked whether Russians often visited Nigeria, the embassy’s spokesman said that the country was regularly visited by Russian businessmen, who stay in hotels.

Moreover, there are several hundred of Russians living in the country on a permanent basis, he added.

The Nigerian Security Forces have not released any information concerning the above.

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