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The Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama yesterday defended the Federal Government of Nigeria’s response to the evacuation of Nigerians in Ukraine by saying that the country never expected Russia to invade Ukraine.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, the Minister pointed out that it was difficult to plan ahead because the Nigerian government didn’t know how the situation would evolve and therefore had no clues of what to expect.

‘The majority of people did not know the Russians would invade,’ he said. ‘Putin was saying we are not going …