NIDCOM Denies Deportation Claims By MASSOB
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has debunked the deportation claims made by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.
“The attention of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), and her Chairman/CEO, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has been drawn to a malicious, mischievous and fabulous story where the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Uchenna Madu, falsely alleged that NIDCOM is the medium being used by the Federal government to forcefully deport persecuted Biafrans,” NIDCOM tweeted on Friday.
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Chairperson of NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, stressed that MASSOB’s allegations were false and intended to destroy the good reputation of NIDCOM in Diaspora affairs.
“NIDCOM as we know has no such powers nor has such agents of harassment both in Nigeria and in the foreign lands.
“In international Relations, the process of deportation is a country to country decision which lies with the country foreign policy within the purview of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” NIDCOM stated.
NIDCOM further said that it was within the right of a country to deport violators of immigration laws.
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“It must be pointed out that most countries are clamping down on irregular immigrants irrespective of their faith, ethnic or nationalities.
“Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has consistently been appealing to Nigerians to obey laws of the countries they reside and be good ambassadors of Nigeria,” it added.
Meanwhile, it held that NIDCOM has been fighting for Nigerians in the Diaspora on a whole lot of issues, assuring that it would continue to do so.
“Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa and her Commission is for all Nigerians irrespective of their tribes or religious inclinations as enshrined in the Act of the Parliament setting up the Commission,” it stated.
