LAGOS, Nigeria — The Nigerian government said Friday it will resist pressure from the United States to accept deportees from Venezuela and other third countries.
In an interview with Nigeria’s Channels TV on Friday, Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said the U.S. was pressuring several African nations to accept foreign nationals the U.S. wants to deport.
“We already have over 230 million people,” Tuggar said.
“In the words of the famous U.S. rap group Public Enemy — you’ll remember a line from Flava Flav: ‘Flava Flav has problems of his own. I can’t do nothing for you, man.'”
The Trump administration is pressuring African and Carribean nations to take in third country migrants rejected by their own nations.
South Sudan, hoping for sanctions relief, already accepted nine migrants with criminal records.