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Will target Indians if Nigerians are harassed: Diplomat
| Nov 5, 2013, 06.11 AM IST
PANAJI: If Goa government doesn't stop "evicting Nigerians" from the state and does not immediately arrest the assailants of the Nigerian national who was murdered in Parra last week, Indians in Nigeria might face repercussions, Nigeria's consular official has said.
"The situation, as per our assessment is bad in Goa. Nigerians are being evicted from their homes. On the other hand, the murderers have not been arrested four days after a Nigerian youth was killed," Jacob Nwadibia, administrative attache of Nigerian high commission in New Delhi, told TOI after his two-day stay in Goa.
Jacob called on the director general of police (DGP) Kishan Kumar and North Goa SP Priyanka Kashyap on Monday and expressed dissatisfaction over the manner in which Nigerians are being treated post the Porvorim incident.
Kashyap said that they told the consular official that Nigerians are not being discriminated at all.
"We are verifying documents and visa papers of all foreigners and not just of Nigerians," she said, adding that it is a general directive to the police to check on people of all nationalities staying in Goa.
Jacob is understood to have told the police officers that the government would have to think of the repercussion in Nigeria if their people in Goa continue to be treated badly or harassed. He also expressed disappointment with the slow pace of investigation in the murder of the Nigerian and felt that the assailants should have been arrested by now as the registration number of the vehicles used by them had been given to the police hours after the Nigerian national was found dead. It being a sensitive issue, there should have been restraint in the reactions from the government and others, he felt.
The consular official suggested to the state police head that the 50-odd Nigerians arrested by the police should be released to cool down tensions in Nigeria.
Jacob told the DGP that they have no problem if action as per law is taken against Nigerians found indulging in drugs. He felt that it was not correct to blame Nigerians for all the ills of drugs in Goa as being made out by politicians.
The consular official is also understood to have explained to police officers the events leading to the Nigerians behaving violently in Porvorim on Friday. While disagreeing with the Nigerians going on a rampage in Porvorim, Jacob told the DGP that the Nigerian nationals were angry with the behavior of the police towards them. He also said that the person who was killed had no connection with drugs and that he, coming from a good family background, had just come to Goa a couple of days before he was murdered.
Late evening, after hearing that some policemen were trying to evict some Nigerians from Parra, despite his long meeting with the top police officers, Jacob shot off an angry text message to Kashyap.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...re-harassed-Diplomat/articleshow/25240951.cms
| Nov 5, 2013, 06.11 AM IST
PANAJI: If Goa government doesn't stop "evicting Nigerians" from the state and does not immediately arrest the assailants of the Nigerian national who was murdered in Parra last week, Indians in Nigeria might face repercussions, Nigeria's consular official has said.
"The situation, as per our assessment is bad in Goa. Nigerians are being evicted from their homes. On the other hand, the murderers have not been arrested four days after a Nigerian youth was killed," Jacob Nwadibia, administrative attache of Nigerian high commission in New Delhi, told TOI after his two-day stay in Goa.
Jacob called on the director general of police (DGP) Kishan Kumar and North Goa SP Priyanka Kashyap on Monday and expressed dissatisfaction over the manner in which Nigerians are being treated post the Porvorim incident.
Kashyap said that they told the consular official that Nigerians are not being discriminated at all.
"We are verifying documents and visa papers of all foreigners and not just of Nigerians," she said, adding that it is a general directive to the police to check on people of all nationalities staying in Goa.
Jacob is understood to have told the police officers that the government would have to think of the repercussion in Nigeria if their people in Goa continue to be treated badly or harassed. He also expressed disappointment with the slow pace of investigation in the murder of the Nigerian and felt that the assailants should have been arrested by now as the registration number of the vehicles used by them had been given to the police hours after the Nigerian national was found dead. It being a sensitive issue, there should have been restraint in the reactions from the government and others, he felt.
The consular official suggested to the state police head that the 50-odd Nigerians arrested by the police should be released to cool down tensions in Nigeria.
Jacob told the DGP that they have no problem if action as per law is taken against Nigerians found indulging in drugs. He felt that it was not correct to blame Nigerians for all the ills of drugs in Goa as being made out by politicians.
The consular official is also understood to have explained to police officers the events leading to the Nigerians behaving violently in Porvorim on Friday. While disagreeing with the Nigerians going on a rampage in Porvorim, Jacob told the DGP that the Nigerian nationals were angry with the behavior of the police towards them. He also said that the person who was killed had no connection with drugs and that he, coming from a good family background, had just come to Goa a couple of days before he was murdered.
Late evening, after hearing that some policemen were trying to evict some Nigerians from Parra, despite his long meeting with the top police officers, Jacob shot off an angry text message to Kashyap.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...re-harassed-Diplomat/articleshow/25240951.cms
, But the guys who are creating trouble there 
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bold and loud. that's undiplomatic
