Nigeria: 6,000 Nigerians Jailed Abroad

18 June 2012
editorial

WITH more than 6,000 Nigerians in foreign jails, we thought President Goodluck Jonathan would have added their matter to charges he gave Nigeria's 93 new ambassadors. He did not.

How these Nigerians became prisoners is as important as the fact that they, in most cases did not receive consular care. In many countries with Nigerian missions, Nigerians are jailed without getting assistance that could have kept them out of jail. What "national interests" then do these missions serve?

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