A Nigerian national, Abubakar Adamu, has urgently appealed to the federal government for assistance in returning home, claiming he was misled into joining the Russian military under the false pretence of securing a civilian job.
According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism publication, Adamu’s legal team has formally alerted Nigerian authorities to his situation. They stated that he travelled to Moscow on a tourist visa issued by the Russian Embassy in Abuja on October 16, 2025, under the belief that he had secured employment as a security guard.
Upon arrival in Russia, however, his passport and travel documents were allegedly confiscated. His lawyers claim he was coerced into signing enlistment papers written entirely in Russian, without any translation or interpreter present. It was only after signing that he reportedly realised he had been conscripted into the Russian military.
Adamu is currently being held at a military camp and has refused deployment to fight in Ukraine, leaving him in a precarious and stranded situation.
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