Foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama

The Nigerian federal government has said Nigeria is ready to sanction Russia for getting into Ukraine in line with the United Nations’ resolution to “adopt and enforce sanctions” on the country.

“On imposing (the) sanction, this is going to be a collective action. The United Nations needs to act,” disclosed Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama in an interview with Channels television on Monday night.

He included, “We are going to engage and act within the framework of the United Nations. If the United Nations adopts and enforces sanctions against Russia, we will comply with UN’s resolution.”

Onyeama condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s choice to wage war against Ukraine.

“We made that very clear; we condemned it. Of all, military force is not the service. We have spoken up about the territorial stability that we acknowledge the stability of Ukraine,” insisted the minister. “Nigeria’s position on the resolution is very clear, that we do not condone this military intervention in another country.”

Countless Nigerians have actually been caught in the Russia-Ukraine war, with the federal government frantic to get them out of Ukraine.

It directed Nigerians leaving Ukraine to head to Hungarian or Romanian borders for simple gain access to.

“For now, movement to the Hungarian Zahony border and Romanian Suceava, Tulcea, Satu Mare County, and Maramures borders is encouraged, as they authorized visa-free access to all Nigerians originating from Ukraine and arrangement for lodging and feeding before evacuation is set up,” said long-term secretary to the ministry of foreign affairs, Gabriel Aduda in a statement.

Nigerian embassies in Romania, Hungary, and Poland have actually gotten over 256 stranded Nigerians from Ukraine while awaiting the arrival of 200 more in the coming days, stated Aduda.

Russian President Vladimir Putin purchased an intrusion of Ukraine last week, with neighbouring Belarus successfully utilized as a staging post for the Russian military.

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