Canada has suspended all visa applications from Nigeria following the fire outbreak that erupted at the Canada High Commission in Abuja on Monday.
Report emanating from the embassy states that plans are on ground to probe the root cause of the fire incident that engulfed the embassy.
Canada also joined the United States and the United Kingdom in issuing a warning against nonessential travel to Nigeria.
Recall that the Canada embassy fire incident killed two persons while two others got severely injured.
Reacting to the incident, the Canadian Foreign Minister, Melanie Joly, issued a terse statement on X, mourned the victims of the explosion.
“We can confirm there was an explosion at our High Commission in Nigeria. The fire is out and we are working to shed light on what caused this situation. I send my heartfelt condolences to the families of the 2 people killed in this tragedy,” she said.
However, the Commission was silent on Monday’s explosion, issuing a travel advisory and warning against non-essential travel to Nigeria, including the capital Abuja.
It blamed the decision on “the unpredictable security situation throughout the country and the significant risk of terrorism, crime, inter-communal clashes, arme