Chairperson of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that it is unfair to generalise and attribute a crime committed by a few Nigerians to the whole of the country.
Abike, who was responding to questions on the ‘Nigeria must go’ protest going on in Ghana, called on the host nation to punish individual offenders and not all Nigerians.
Her statement comes as a viral video on Tuesday showed a large number of Ghanaians protesting with placards suggesting the deportation of Nigeria
Chairperson of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that it is unfair to generalise and attribute a crime committed by a few Nigerians to the whole of the country.
Abike, who was responding to questions on the ‘Nigeria must go’ protest going on in Ghana, called on the host nation to punish individual offenders and not all Nigerians.
Her statement comes as a viral video on Tuesday showed a large number of Ghanaians protesting with placards suggesting the deportation of Nigerians.
Abike recalled an incident in Indonesia where 21 Nigerians were put on death row and among them, 20 were from one state in the South East.
“If a few Nigerians have committed crimes on foreign soil, they should be punished and publicly held accountable.
However, it is unfair to generalise and attribute that crime to all Nigerians in the region,” she said on Arise News.
Abike recalled an incident in Indonesia where 21 Nigerians were put on death row and among them, 20 were from one state in the South East.
“If a few Nigerians have committed crimes on foreign soil, they should be punished and publicly held accountable.
However, it is unfair to generalise and attribute that crime to all Nigerians in the region,” she said on Arise News.
“You see, again we are generalizing. Don’t forget that I’ve called people out. We have names
“You see, again we are generalizing. Don’t forget that I’ve called people out. We have names.
“I really love calling names, and I’ve said that these so-called Nigerians, let us know them and let them be dealt with. They can’t be anonymous.
“So it’s the responsibility of the host country, which even the Inspector General of Police of Ghana said. Look, I don’t want to say one tribe. Let us know about them. We are not going to go there and beg for them. The Nigeria embassy in Ghana has been doing a lot actually. “Look, I’ve gone to Ghana. I can’t remember how many times I’ve gone to Ghana. If you remember when we had cases of trafficking, we went to Ghana and brought back these girls.
“And we’ve been doing that on a regular basis, and it has gone down, and the people behind that have been arrested. Many Nigerians and a few Ghanaians were involved in the trafficking.
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