The Nigerians were released with the
intervention of the Nigeria Ambassador
to Poland , His Excellency, Major General
Christian Ugwu ( Rtd ).
According to Ugwu, among the six
remaining in detention camps, one of
them claimed that he is a Cameroonian
because the mother is from Cameroon.
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” Unfortunately the remaining five, all
applied for international protection
(asylum) in Poland including Igwe
Ikechukwu Christian., who had been
interviewed by some foreign media
” They can not be released untill the
Govermment of Poland takes a decision
on their application or they decide to
withdraw the application”, the Envoy
added.
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He assured Nigerians that the Mission
will continue do its best to ensure that
the interest of Nigerians are well taken
care of, despite the fact that they had
been adequately briefed on the likely
consequences of remaining as
undocumented immigrants in Poland
It would be recalled that President
Muhammad Buhari had in March
immediately approved the evacuation of
Nigerians mostly students trapped in the
Russian- Ukrainian crisis back home.
The directive was swiftly carried out by
the interministerial agencies coordinated
by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with
over 1600 Nigerians brought back home.
However, some of the Nigerians chose to
remain behind and were clamped into
detention centres in Poland.
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Speaking on the development, Hon. (Dr)
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO,
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission
(NIDCOM) commended the successful
intervention of the Nigerian mission in
Poland , and reiterated the call for
Nigerians to obey the laws of the
countries they reside
E-Signed .
Abdur-Rahman Balogun
Head of Media, Public Relations and
Protocols Unit NiDCOM, Abuja.
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