Senate Probes Incarceration Of 250 Nigerians In Ethiopian Prison…
Written by City Radio on October 5, 2023
The Senate has launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of 250 Nigerians in Ethiopian prison.
This followed a motion by the senate minority leader, Simon Mwadkwon, at the plenary yesterday.
Mwadkwon while presenting his motion during the plenary said the reported incarceration of Nigerians was disturbing because it had no legal basis in the provision of international courts which Nigeria and Ethiopia are signatories.
The minority leader urged the senate to immediately intervene and conduct a thorough investigation into the reasons for the incarceration of the 250 Nigerians in the Ethiopian maximum prison.
Senators, who contributed to the debate, supported the motion.
The Senate, therefore, directed its committees on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs to investigate the issue and report their findings within two weeks.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, in his remarks, condemned discrimination of Nigerians in other countries and urged relevant authorities to take the issue of Nigerians in the diaspora seriously.
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