Nigerians across the globe have been under attacks mostly steeming from racism, ignorance, and other baseless claims. The attacks against Nigerians abroad have risen exponentially across Asia and the Middle East. The dubious non-functioning Nigerian consulars’ office abroad has done nothing to mitigate these attacks.
Last year, China evicted all Nigerians residing in China, while Chinese in Nigeria are living a luxurious life with maids’ government contracts..
The Nigerian government is demanding punishment for Indonesian immigration officials who were filmed assaulting a Nigerian diplomat. Footage circulating on social media showed Abdulrahman Ibrahim, a consular officer based in Jakarta, being held down in a vehicle by several men.
The video showed one of the officials putting his hand on the diplomat’s head and pushing it back against a seat.
Between yells of protest, Mr. Ibrahim repeated: “I can’t breathe.”
Later in the one-minute-and-30-second clip, Mr. Ibrahim was heard saying: “My neck, my neck.”
Mr. Ibrahim had been detained on a street in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
The incident has caused anger in Nigeria, with many saying it shows the disdain that other countries hold for Nigerians. Some are calling for a full explanation from the Indonesian government.
Nigeria’s foreign ministry had previously sent a letter of protest to the Indonesian government saying the mistreatment Mr. Ibrahim endured was “against international law and the Vienna Conventions governing diplomatic and consular relations between states”.
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