Canada denies entry to army chiefs from African state

Nigeria’s defense chief, General Christopher Musa, has said the Canadian Embassy in the West African country has denied him and other senior military officers visas to attend a sports event for war veterans in Vancouver.

The week-long Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025, organized by the foundation headed by the UK’s Prince Harry, commenced on February 8 and is scheduled to end on Saturday.

Gen. Musa made the announcement on Thursday during a lecture at the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

“Remember last year the Duke of Sussex and his wife visited Nigeria. Through the Invictus… they try to raise the morale of troops all over the world that have suffered one form of deformity or the other in the course of defending their individual countries,” he said.

“We were supposed to be there. Actually, half of my team has already gone, but unfortunately, the Canadian embassy, for reasons best known to them, denied us visas,” the army chief added…