The President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Ikechukwu Anyene, said on Saturday lawyers engaged by the group were intensifying efforts to free some Nigerians arrested by the Department of Home Affairs in that country. Mr. Anyene on phone from Pretoria, South Africa, said 65 asylum seekers, who were mostly from West Africa, were arrested on Friday during a protest at the department.
He said some of the asylum seekers, which included Nigerians, had embarked on the protest, alleging unfair treatment by officials of the department.
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