The United Kingdom, (UK) government has removed the security alert issued by the UnitedStates (U.S.)Embassy in Nigeria on the increased threat to major hotels in the countrys larger cities and on off-cycle governorship elections from its travel advisory.
The UKs Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office withdrew the warning in its updated foreign advisory to its citizens in Nigeria on Wednesday.
The removal came after it joined the U.S. government to update its travel advisory, with an earlier warning to its citizens of possible terror attacks in some hotels in the country, especially in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
The UK government had warned its citizens to avoid travelling to 12 states in Nigeria over the high level of insecurity in the country, including Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River.
The U.S. issued the alert about elevated threats to major hotels in the larger cities of Nigeria. The U.S. government made this announcement in an emergency advisory for its citizens in Nigeria, dated November, 3.
