Great Compatriots, Let me use this
wonderful opportunity to remind the great leaders of Ndi Igbo most especially
of this great platform NJIKO IGBO about the plight of ndi igbo in Diaspora. In
my mind I believe through you the minister of foreign affairs will get to know
this and not only knowing but to do something about it.
When you go round the world and
check those Nigerians inside prisons in different countries, you will find out
that majority of them are Igbos, some though contravene the law of their host
countries and are culpable of one crime or the other but more are even innocent
to the charges that have been leveled against them, but due to the altitude of
Nigerian ambassador in this countries they are still there in the prisons in
most cases without been charge or even given a fair hearing.
In as much we who deals in Genuine
business keep warning our brothers in our different union to stop illicit
business, but believe me that some will keep to their deaf hears.
But the questions is should Nigerian
Government now abandon them there even with the ones that are innocent without
fair hearing ?
Just few years back a son of a well
known rich man in Nigeria was subdued in an attempt to blow up an air craft in
a suicide mission, I kept following the news then, I later realize that the
young man have access to a lawyer who is defending him even though the whole
world knows his intentions. I think is because his father is a wealthy man.
My dear great leaders, those who are
in authority, those who very close to the presidency of our great country,
please on behalf of umu Igbo, can you please bring to the notice of the
presidency that Some of our ambassadors are destroying lives they suppose to
have saved by their nonchalant attitude towards Nigerians in Diaspora.
If our Ambassadors will work now
they will save more souls, let our ambassador visit Nigerians in Diaspora
serving jail terms to know their conditions and see if really the crimes they
committed worth the jail terms they are serving. I bet you at the end of these
exercise you will find out a lot of Nigerians are innocent, some have been
imprisoned just they want to claim right not knowing that the name Nigeria it
self and the GREEN passport they are
holding is already a crime.
Should I talk about entry borders ?
how Nigerians are been treated even in our neighboring west coast countries.
You need to hear what Ndi Igbo use to through with the Germdemeries
,immigration officers and customs officers of other west African countries just
because we are Nigeria passport holders.
Some have been imprisoned because
they refused to be rubbed by the police of the host country, Just recently I was
traveling from Lagos to Guinea via freetown with Arik Air because I want to
save cost, because from Freetown to conakry by road is just about 5hrs drive by
road thereby I will save around 70,000 naira comparing the price from ASKY
airline direct to Conakry which will be enogh for my family for the next 2
mothns, getting to a point inside Guinea we were asked to pay some large some
of amount before entering conakry town, when I bursted in anger and them
realizing I have been in Guinea for a long time ask me to pass, but the others
been their first time they insisted they should pay the money, but I stood my
ground and spend more than 4hrs there before they could allow me to go with
them. In such cases if the guy is new they will just lock him up there if he
dares to argue with them, such and many more are what Nigerians are
experiencing.
Why am saying this to the hearing of
Njiko Igbo is because we ndi Igbo are
the most traveling people in the world, and more percentage of Ndi Igbo are
victims of these maltreatment from the host country officers.
Ndi Igbo Ekene mu unu.
Contributed by:
Jonathan Nwabueze
Coordinator Njiko Igbo Guinea
Conakry.
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