Thousands of supporters of North Korea’s Juche philosophy exist in Nigeria, Dr Alhassan Mamman Muhammed, Chairman of the Nigerian committee for the study of the Juche idea, has told NK News.

Speaking on Nigeria - DPRK cooperation in an extended interview, Muhammed said that there are approximately 2000 to 2500 registered members of Nigeria's Juche study group, organized in numerous branches across country. A further 10,000 unregistered followers exist across the nation, he said, though numbers could not be independently verified. According to Muhammed, the Juche study committee is even represented in the Nigeria’s institute of Journalism.