Nigeria has issued a travel warning to citizens planning to visit Britain to be extra vigilant and take measures following anti-asylum riots, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.
“Avoid political processions and protests, rallies or marches. Avoid crowded areas and large gatherings and be vigilant and self-aware at all times,” the advisory warned.
The UK has been gripped by far-right riots for days, with violent mobs spewing racist and Islamophobic vitriol and targeting Muslims, minority groups, and migrants.
The riots were fueled by online misinformation that a suspect arrested after a fatal stabbing in Southport, England last week was a Muslim asylum seeker, a false claim.
Three young girls were killed and five more children were critically injured during a knife attack as they attended a dance class last Monday.