The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has said that the Egyptian authorities have confirmed that seven out of the eight Nigerians, who took part in the END SARS protests in Egypt on October 18, would be deported to Nigeria for lack of resident permits/visas.
Dabiri-Erewa, however, denied the allegation that the Federal Government of Nigeria was involved in the Nigerians’ arrest, adding that the Nigerians were not arrested at the Nigerian Embassy but at another location.
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She further explained that the only Nigerian among them, who has a residency permit, would get final clearance from the Egyptian Interior Minister, Mahmoud Tawfik, after signing an undertaking not to be involved in any unauthorized activities while still in the country.
Dabiri-Erewa stated: ‘The Nigerian mission in Cairo has had extensive deliberations with the Cairo Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Interior as well as the Diplomatic Police, and the eight detained Nigerians, four men, and four women, were assured of decent treatment while in detention.’
She equally seized the opportunity to reiterate her appeals to Nigerians abroad to be good ambassadors of the country by being law-abiding to the laws of their respective host countries.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
