Foreign affairs minister Onyeama meets US over visa ban

Geoffrey Onyeama Nigeria Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama on Wednesday led a Nigerian delegation to a meeting with the United States over visa ban on some Nigerians.

The meeting is being held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, with the US Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard leading the US delegation.

The United States had on Monday announced it issued visa ban on some Nigerians who fuelled violence during the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections.

They are expected to brief the media after the meeting.