Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 4, 2015.
Abasifreke Effiong – Uyo
The Managing Director of Good Time Paint and Allied Products Industry Limited, Prince Mendy Archibong, has called on the federal government of Nigeria to investigate why Nigerians were assaulted and told to leave China by Chinese police.
Reacting to the video which trended on social media on Tuesday 7th April where Chinese police were seen chasing Nigerians out from their lodge to the road, Archibong said the action as seen in the video was humiliating and embarrassing.
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In the four minutes and 43 seconds video, Nigerians were heard saying that the Chinese police told them to go back to their country.
“They are chasing us. They are telling us to go back to our country. There are Chinese in Africa. They have not been sent packing.”
“The kept us here for 14 days, now they are telling us to leave”, one of the voices said in the video seen by this reporter.
Those who were chased by the Chinese police in the video were heard speaking Igbo.
Speaking to our correspondent in Uyo, Archibong said while the federal government is working on bringing back Nigerians abroad due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it will also be important to take note of human rights violations against her citizens abroad.
Prince Mendy Archibong.
“Nigerians have contributed greatly to the growth of the Chinese economy. China and Nigeria have done businesses together, so one would expect a trickle down mutual respect between nationals of both countries.”
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“The video wherein those Nigerians are being chased out by Chinese police debases the dignity of Nigerians in China. It does not look good at all. I feel if those Nigerians had done anything bad, there are more dignified, legal and diplomatic ways to address it.”
“I call on President Muhammadu Buhari, the foreign affairs minister and the Nigerian Embassy in Beijing, China to cause an inquiry into the action.”
Archibong also called on the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Nigeria to investigate why Nigerians were assaulted and treated with disdain by the Chinese police.
