Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu has told Canada to ‘Go To Hell’ after the North American country refused to award entry visa to the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen Christopher Musa, and other top military brass.
The NSA made the remark in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Thursday while reacting to Gen Musa’s comment that he and other senior military officers could not attend a conference in Canada because they were denied entry visa.
According to Gen Musa, the conference which was meant to honour Nigerian fallen heroes took place on Wednesday, but they could not attend as their visa application failed, describing the what happened as a clarion call for Nigeria to wake up and not allow itself to be taken for granted by other nations.
The CDS said, “Every disappointment is a blessing. Yesterday, I was meant to be in Canada. There’s an event to honour our veterans, those that were injured during battles, and we were meant to be there,” Musa said.
“We were invited with our team. Half has gone and half has been denied. It’s very disappointing.”
Reacting, Ribadu described the CDS as a bold military officer by making the issue public.
But for Canada, the NSA could not stop his disenchantment. They “can go to hell” as far as he was concerned, according to Ribadu, who said Nigeria must make itself strong enough to gain respect among comity of nations.
He said Nigeria is a strong country and must do all to ‘fix’ whatever is wrong, describing Canada’s action to be very painful.
Ribadu said, “Thank you (CDS) for the courage to say Canada denied you visas. They can go to hell,” for doing that.
He added, “Even though it’s painful, it’s disrespectful, but we are peaceful and strong and I agree with you that it is time to fix our country.
“Yet, this is another reason we work hard to make Nigeria work.”
His remark is however generating mixed reactions on the social media.
For instance, OBODOH Wisdom @RealMWObodoh in his reaction on X said ”A man in hell is telling someone in heaven to go to hell.@NuhuRibadu isn’t aware that Nigeria is in deepest part of hell?
On his part, Kapitan Sparrow @kapitan_sparow said, “They are doing perfectly fine without you or your chiefs!in contrast, it is your chief who requests access to their country and they reserve the right to grant access or deny access! Let your boss, you, and your chiefs do what you are suppose to do by fixing our country and your
According to ·victor chukwuemeka @victorcog Lol 😂 😂 😂.”Just have a small feel of what Nigerians goes through, on daily bases as a result of the Mis-rule by the Ruiners of the Country,.I hope this will go round.”
Soma doors @TgeeUmeh said, “Nice one very soon. @officialABAT will be getting the same shock.”
ifeanyi modunkwu@IModunkwu said, “Lol, he should go for vacation somewhere else. He can go to France.”
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