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The House of Representatives has invited the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and the chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission , Abike Dabiri-Erewa over the alleged maltreatment of Nigerians in Ethiopia.
The others are Hon. Abdussamad Dasukki, Hon. Laori Kwamoti Bittrus, Hon. Aliyu Madaki, Hon. Unyime Idem, Hon. Nkwonta Chris, Hon. Abbas Adogun, Hon. Kabiru Ahmadu, Hon. Ibe O. Osonwa and Hon. Ginger Onwusibe., some Nigerians detained in Kaliti Prison, Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital city, were being brutalised by the country’s policemen.
Nwanneneme, who hailed from Anambra State, was among about 300 inmates of Nigerian descent at the Ethiopian prison facility.Leading debate on the motion, Chinda alleged that one Paul Ezike in a “safe our soul message” circulated a message at the instance of a Nigerian allegedly arrested and put in Ethiopia prison.
According to the lawmaker, they were indiscriminately arrested at the Ethiopian Airport in Addis Ababa, taken to the hospital, and forcefully injected with some substances before being transferred to prison.
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