The police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have tightened security around the United States Embassy and British High Commission in Abuja in response to fears they could be targeted by groups sympathetic to Iran in retaliation for the killing of its most powerful military commander, Qassem Soleimani.
The head of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed in a US drone strike near Baghdad airport on January 3.
His killing sparked tensions between the two countries, with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowing his country would revenge the attack.
Iran on Wednesday launched a ballistic missile attack on two US airbases in Iraq housing American troops.
Security forces have formed a cordon to prevent any attack on the US and UK missions, which share a boundary, since Soleimani was killed along with Iraqi paramilitary chief, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in the Baghdad airstrike.
