FG condemns arrest of 42 Nigerians in Mozambique, demands immediate release

The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians successful Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has condemned the apprehension of 42 Nigerians successful Mozambique, describing the enactment arsenic unacceptable and calling for their contiguous release.

In a connection issued connected Sunday successful Abuja and signed by the Commission’s Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa expressed interest that the Nigerians were allegedly arrested without immoderate ceremonial charges being filed against them.

According to the NiDCOM boss, “It was disturbing that lone Nigerians were reportedly singled retired during the operation”.

Describing the incidental arsenic distasteful and worrying, she stressed that “if immoderate of the individuals had violated Mozambican laws, the due measurement would beryllium to arraign them earlier a tribunal of competent jurisdiction alternatively than detain them without explanation”.

Dabiri-Erewa noted that the alleged selective apprehension of Nigerians suggests what could beryllium described arsenic a xenophobic enactment against Nigerian citizens.

She truthful urged the Mozambican authorities to either instantly merchandise the detained Nigerians oregon travel owed ineligible process by formally charging them successful court.

“According to reports, the Nigerians were allegedly picked up astatine a spare parts market, wherever they were singled retired among different traders and individuals contiguous astatine the determination witho...