British journalist and presenter Kevin O’Sullivan has criticized Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, for their visit to Nigeria.
This criticism follows a backlash against another British journalist, Christopher Wilson, who controversially compared Nigerians to Nazis in response to the royal couple’s visit.
Harry and Meghan traveled to Nigeria to celebrate the Invictus Games, a tournament founded by Harry for wounded soldiers.
Despite the positive purpose of their visit, it has faced significant criticism from British journalists and royal supporters.
O’Sullivan, a TalkTV presenter, remarked that Nigeria does not merit endorsement from anyone, particularly members of the royal family.
“The royal family doesn’t just go anywhere. These tours are planned years in advance and the countries that the royals honour with their visits are very carefully chosen.
“There’s no way our royal family would set foot in Nigeria, a country where female genital mutilation is rife; where women’s rights basically don’t exist; and where hundreds of kids are regularly kidnapped by extremist Islamic groups.
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“This is not a country that should be endorsed by anyone certainly not our royal family and these two are naive in what they’re doing. They’re making this country look good when it doesn’t deserve it,” the journalist said.
O’Sullivan’s guest, royal correspondent and expert Michael Cole, also commented, describing Nigeria as a dangerous destination.
“I couldn’t tell you the number of royal tours that I’ve been on and what you say is absolutely right. Nigeria, the foreign office and the American State Department both say it’s a dangerous destination, you must not go there. It vies with Johannesburg, South Africa to be the murder capital of the continent.
“In that country, there’s industrial scale, volumes of people who are ripping off people around the world, internet fraud, wholesale internet fraud, defrauding old ladies, stealing identities and none of that is ever prosecuted,” Cole said.
Cole, a former BBC journalist, also said he was puzzled by Prince Harry’s actions to visit Nigeria, stating that they defy common sense and reason.
