A residential building in Nigeria’s diplomatic premises in Ghanaian capital city Accra was attacked twice, Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister said on Sunday. 37 Nigerian traders were arrested and detained by the Inter-Governmental Task Force constituted by the Ghanaian Government in 2018. Nigeria in January was forced to deny suggestions of any imminent diplomatic row with Ghana after its officials were allegedly forcefully ejected from a diplomatic property in Accra. He said the Nigerian authorities were in discussion with Ghana to extend the lease on the property after its expiration. Critics of the Nigerian government said its lax handling of attacks on its citizens and their businesses in places like South Africa, Ghana and elsewhere in Africa has emboldened perpetrators.

Source: The Guardian June 21, 2020 08:26 UTC