Federal Government hinted at a plan to evacuate Nigerians in Lebanon as tensions between Israel and Iran intensified.
Iran launched 180 ballistic missiles toward Israel on Tuesday, October 1.
Its Revolutionary Guards Corps said the attack was in response to Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a Tehran bombing widely blamed on Israel.
This was Iran’s second on Israel after a missile and drone attack in April in response to a deadly Israeli air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan are situated between Iran and Israel and would be impacted by the hostilities.
In a message on X.com on Tuesday evening, the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, through his handle, @DOlusegun, said: “Alert! All Nigerians in Lebanon are expected to get in touch with the Nigerian mission for profiling and documentation and subsequent evacuation.”
