By Our Correspondent <\/p>\n
Apparently disturbed by the arrest of 42 Nigerians in Mozambique without any offenses levelled against them, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman\/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned such act and demanded for their immediate release.<\/p>\n
In a statement in Abuja signed by the Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols in the agency Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the NIDCOM boss said that it is distasteful to learn that only Nigerians were allegedly handpicked for arrest.<\/p>\n
She said if they run foul of the law, the authorities should arraign and charge them before a court of law. <\/p>\n
She said the reported sudden and specific round up of only Nigerians depicts a xenophobic attack on Nigerian citizens.<\/p>\n
Dabiri-Erewa therefore urged the Mozambican authorities to immediately release the arrested Nigerians or let the law take its course.<\/p>\n
According to reports, the Nigerians were specifically singled out and arrested at a spare parts market, out of all the traders and individuals present in the market without any allegations or explanations on why they were detained.<\/p>\n
The Nigerians arrested have been confirmed to be legal residents and the Attorney General is reportedly not aware of any charges against them.<\/p>\n
They were allegedly beaten, their personal belongings stolen, and many of them are said to have fallen sick and in need of medical attention.<\/p>\n
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By Our Correspondent Apparently disturbed by the arrest of 42 Nigerians in Mozambique without any offenses levelled against them, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman\/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned such act and demanded for their immediate release. In a statement in Abuja signed by the Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1873,6235,6234],"class_list":["post-11667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-crime","tag-allegedly","tag-distasteful","tag-handpicked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11668,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667\/revisions\/11668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}