The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday described as "inhuman, abominable and callous", the arrest, detention and eventual deportation of 14 indigent Nigerians by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government of Lagos State, which dumped them at night at the Upper Iweka bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State.
The accusation came as the All Progressives Congress (APC) clarified that contrary to claims by the Anambra State government that 72 destitute were dumped in Onitsha, only 14 indigenes from Anambra State were sent home from Lagos by the state government.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article