OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says two more people were killed in an explosion Monday at Canada’s High Commission in Nigeria.
Joly wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the fire is already out.
Sina Abioye, operations leader of the FCT fire team that responded to the emergency call, says the investigation is still ongoing.
You may not confirm how many other people were injured or what time the fire occurred.
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Local media reported smoke billowing from the building in Abuja’s diplomatic quarter at midday.
Data presented through the branch to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee shows that, as of August 2022, there were 12 Canadian diplomats stationed in Abuja and 32 contract employees.
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