US Consulate Attack: Embassy officials visit Anambra

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Personnel from the United States of America, USA, embassy paid a visit to the Naval Base in Onitsha, Anambra State, yesterday, and praised the Nigerian Navy for rescuing two embassy personnel who were kidnapped when gunmen ambushed their convoy in Ogbaru local government area.

Regional security officer, US Consulate in Lagos, Mr. Jim Suor, led the delegation.

Newsclick Nigeria recalls that a team of officials from the US Consulate in Lagos State on a fact-finding tour were, last week, attacked, leaving many people dead, two embassy officials abducted and their vehicles set ablaze along Atani/Osamela road in Ogbaru.