itemprop=description content=The Senate has directed its Committees on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to investigate alleged unlawful killings and incarceration of 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia.
The Senate has directed its Committees on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to investigate alleged unlawful killings and incarceration of 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia.The resolution was sequel to a motion, tagged"Urgent Need to Investigate the Unlawful Killings and Incarceration of over 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia," was sponsored by the Senate Minority Leader, Simon Mwadkwon, and co-sponsored by Sen. Victor Umeh at plenary yesterday.
"Based on the wide spread information being circulated, that over 250 Nigerians who have continued to face these maltreatments and inhumanity have not committed any crime known to any law. He said that in the midst of the economic and social hardships being experienced by Nigerians, some 250 people were currently being subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment.
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