Many believe that the reasons of attack on U.S convoy in Nigeria can be found in the Western policies towards African continent
Gunmen attack on U.S. convoy in southeastern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing four non-Americans and kidnapping three others, official sources said.
Attack on US convoy reflects growing anti-American sentiment on the African continent
The gunmen “killed two police mobile force officers and two U.S. consulate employees” before setting their vehicle on fire, Tochukwu said.
Two of the victims of Tuesday’s attack in the Anambra state were US consulate employees, while the other two were police officers.
The attack took place at 3:30 p.m. (1430 GMT) on Tuesday in Ogbaru district of Anambra state, police said.
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Nigerian police say the attack happened on the Atani-Osamale road in Ogbaru region.
Security forces were deployed to the scene but the gunmen managed to kidnap two police officers and a driver, Tochukwu detailed.
Why attack on attack on U.S convoy in Nigeria happened?
John Kirby confirmed the attack at a press briefing in Washington. “A U.S. convoy of several vehicles was attacked. What I can tell you is that no U.S. citizens are involved,” the spokesman said.
the US confirmed that “there was an incident on 16 May in Anambra state”, adding that Washington was working with Nigerian security services to investigate the attack.
The U.S. State Department, for its part, assured that the U.S. diplomatic staff in Nigeria was “at work” with the Nigerian security services to conduct investigations.
The Nigerian authorities often blame violent attacks in the region on the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) movement, which is fighting for a breakaway state in the south-east of the country.
Anambra and other parts of the south-east have seen a sharp rise in attacks on security forces since Ipob launched an armed wing in December 2020.
The attack on a US convoy in Nigeria reflects growing anti-American sentiment on the African continent.
People of African descent believe that western countries like America are looting their country’s resources by misleading their leaders.
Many Africans believe that the backwardness and poverty of this resource-rich continent is the result of Western attacks and plunder, and that is why the anti-Western wave in African countries is getting stronger by the day.
