NIDCOM Releases Names Of 42 Nigerians Arrested In Mozambique;Demands For Due Process
Following the denial of Mozambique’s National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) that it detained other nationals besides 42 Nigerians, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has demanded for the official reasons for their detention, noting that even the Nigerian High Commission has not been notified officially.
In a statement by the Commission’s Spokesman, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, SERNIC claims that the Nigerian citizens were detained because they were staying illegally in the country has not been confirmed.
” Their families have been reaching out with distress calls and are worried about the condition of their spouses” , says Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission.
Dabiri-Erewa added that “they confiscated their cell phones, personal belongings and money with them as at the time of arrest.
The Embassy has written to their Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the office of the Attorney General”, she said.
Dabiri-Erewa added that if indeed the Nigerians committed any offence, the authorities should formally charge them to court of law, make the offence public or set them free as against illegally detaining them.
She stressed that the Nigerian government would not support any crime committed by any Nigerian in any country while stressing that no Nigerian should suffer for an offence they neither committed nor know the reason they are being detained.
Below are the names of 42 Nigerians arrested in Mozambique:
NAMES
1.AUGUSTINE CHUKWUKA OKEKE
2.MAXIMUS ANAYO
3. OKECHUKWU BENJAMIN ECHE
4. ANAEROBI IKENNA MARTINS
5. STEPHEN ANAYO OKONGWE
6. ONWUJEWE RAYMOND
7.CHUKWUNAZOR0M DONATUS JOHN
8.AGINAM CHUKWUENYEM DAVID
9.COLLINS ADERITO UZOEWULU
10.OKONKWO NNAMDI JOHNPAUL
11.ONWUNYILI LAWRENCE CHUKWUEMEKA
12.UGOCHUKWU VALENTINE EZECHIEDUM
13.NNAMDI OKECHUKWU
14.CELESTINE OKALU
15.GOODLUCK CHUKWUNYERE EPHRAIN
16.EBUKA AMUH PABLO
17.CHUKWUEMEKA STEVEN UGWU
18.CISLOUYINDIKA IFEANYI EZEIFEOMA
19.CHINEDU DANIEL IGWILO
20.IDEH SAMUEL EZINWA
21.OGOCHUKWU MICHAEL OKONKWOR
22.OKECHUKWU CHRISTOPHER
23.CHINEDU OKEKE
24.CHUKWUEBUKA TOBECHUKWU ORAKA
25.SIMON NNAEMEKA
26.ONYEKA EMMANUEL UFONDO
27.CHIDERA CHRISTOPHER
28.NZUBE KINGSLEY EBERE
29.EKENE SAMUEL NWANA
30. CHRISTIAN EMEKA MUOKA
31.GERALD EMEKA GODWIN
32.OGU INYANG
33.OLUEBUBECHUKWU VICTOR MADUKA
34.ONYEDIKA KINGSLEY
35.DONATUS UCHI
36.CHINECHEREM ALU
37.EMMANUEL ANENE UGWU
38.MUONEKE MATEUS
39.MARTIN TOCHUKWU MBAKWE
40.IKECHUKWU NWALI
41.LOTANNA OKEKE
42.EMEKA HENRY EKENTA
