The Nigerian Government has summoned the Charge d’ Affaires of the High Commission of Ghana to Nigeria, Ms. Iva Denoo over the demolition of the building being constructed in Accra for the staff of the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana.
The report by Channels Television said that Ms. Iva Denoo was summoned by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, over the demolition of the staff quarters of the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana.
Mr. Onyeama disclosed this on Monday via a post on his verified Twitter handle.
The report added that during the meeting, the Nigerian minister said he demanded an urgent explanation of the incident and reinforcement of security around Nigeria’s diplomatic premises and staff in Ghana.
Summoned the Chargè d’ Affaires of the High Commission of #Ghana to Nigeria, Ms Iva Denoo to demand urgent explanation on the recent attacks on a residential building in our diplomatic premises and reinforcement of security around diplomatic premises and staff. @NigeriaGov
The report said that a businessman demolished the building, claiming the structure was built on his land.
It added that the man showed up last week with some pieces of evidence to support his claim and began to knock down the fence surrounding the building and returned to the scene on Friday last week with a bulldozer and began to pull down the building.
“The authorities in Nigeria and Ghana have condemned the incident,” the report said.
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