Armed groups attacked the Nigerian embassy in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, a country of about 1.7 million people, Tuesday.
The whereabouts of the Ambassador and other embassy staff is unknown, although they are believed to have sought refuge inside a police station in the capital.
The event is happening just as the country is preparing for its general elections slated for next month, however this attack is being linked to series of kidnap cases across the country.
Nigerian are being touted has the perpetrators of the act, and three Nigerians were Lynched to death in broad daylight Monday.
All efforts by to reach the Nigerian envoy to the country failed. Although his telephone rang, he did not pick.
Although the Federal Government was yet to officially react to the development yesterday, it was learnt that the supervisory Minister of Foreign Affairs 11, Ambassador Nurudeen Mohammed, rushed to the Presidential Villa yesterday ostensibly, among other things, to brief President Goodluck Jonathan. All efforts to reach the minister yesterday on the matter failed.
This is unaceptable