FG condemns Sudan’s hostility to Nigerian officials, troops

The Federal Government has expressed bitterness over the harsh disposition of the Sudanese government to the Nigerian contingent to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan.

The government is particularly irked by the decision of the Sudanese Government to prevent the Chief of Army Staff from visiting the Nigerian contingent in Dafur when he visited the North African country.

The Minister of Defence, Dr. Haliru Mohammed, made this comment while playing host to the United States Senior Adviser on Dafur, Mr. Denis Smith, and the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terrence Macaulay, in Abuja on Thursday.

Bello said the government was deeply concerned about the harsh and shoddy treatment of Nigerian troops to the UN mission in Dafur, and other top officials of the government visiting the country by the Sudanese authorities.