The Canada High Commission in Nigeria has responded to a statement from Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, that the Canadian embassy denied him and other top military officers visas.

1st Class News reported that General Musa and top military officers who were supposed to be in Canada on Wednesday were denied visas by the Canadian embassy on Tuesday.

The Chief of Defence Staff narrated the disappointing ordeal on Thursday while giving a lecture at the maiden National Association of the Institute for Security Studies (AANISS), in Abuja.“Every disappointment is a blessing.

Yesterday (Wednesday), I was meant to be in Canada. There’s an event to honour our veterans, those that were injured during battles, and we were meant to be there,” Musa partly said.