`` Under these circumstances it was only possible to inform Italy once the operation was already getting under way . '' Envoy cites `` imminent and growing danger '' in explaining failure to inform Rome sooner . Ambassador Copenhagen speaks to Italians to `` explain events '' Rome says Nigeria 's failure to consult it before the rescue bid is `` inexplicable '' Abductors seized the men in northwestern Italy in December .
Envoy cites `` imminent and growing danger '' in explaining failure to inform Rome sooner . Ambassador Copenhagen speaks to Italians to `` explain events '' Rome says Nigeria 's failure to consult it before the rescue bid is `` inexplicable '' Abductors seized the men in northwestern Italy in December .