New Delhi has issued an advisory to Indian Citizens in Nigeria to avoid violence prone areas. The Indian High Commission has asked them to limit their exposure to areas where radical Islamic sect Boko Haram is active.

It has also warned Indian crew-members of ships to be careful while sailing in Gulf of Guinea, dominated by pirates.

The advisory said Indians living in Nigeria have come under unprecedented level of insecurity and they were, occasionally, became unfortunate victims in the past years.

In an incident, one person was killed and 6 injured last January in a multiple attack by the group in the northern city of Kano.

Two other Indians were killed and another seriously injured in another attack by unidentified armed group on the premises of Indian-owned industry in Borno State capital – Maiduguri – in last July. Three Indian crew members of oil tanker SP Brussels were kidnapped by pirates in December in Gulf of Guinea.