Nigerians In Ethiopian Prison Decry Inhuman Treatment, Seek Govt’s Intervention (Photos, Video)

Nigerians arrested for various offences in Ethiopia have decried alleged maltreatment by the authorities in their host countries, calling on Nigeria’s federal government and relevant agencies to come to their aid.

In a viral voice note, the Nigerian nationals in the country said they have been detained for several months in Kaliti prison without proper feeding and medication and that some of them have lost their lives.

They said some of the have diabetes, spinal cord injuries and other ailments and are not allowed access to medical care. They also said they are being beaten mercilessly by the prison guards, calling for assistance for prison transfer to Nigeria.

“Some of us were arrested at the airport and others in Ethiopia in different cases, we have been asking for forgiveness anywhere we have sinned against our government, our president Muhammadu Buhari, our senators, and the ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“And there are innocent people here in this Kaliti prison, the situation we are facing in this prison is too critical. We are not eating and a lot of us here are very very sick and they are beating us every day and night, nobody to come to our rescue.

“Our embassy officials are not coming, other embassies — Angola, Cameroon are coming for their citizens and I don’t know what happened. Since April last year that the embassy visited here, no one has seen them anymore and we have complained to them that we need prison transfer back to Nigeria to save our lives”, the voice stated.

An SOS message obtained by our correspondent read in part, “We the Nigerian inmates here in Kaliti maximum prison Ethiopia are soliciting help from Nigeria government to come for our aid urgently.because we are dying of hunger, lack of medical care,no drinking water,no food.no stationeries,they give us one spoon of rice in the morning and night without Stew,some of us are sentenced without committing crime,no body to speak onbehalf of us.

“We are missed with mad and TB patients.everything we use here we buy them very expensive.we are exhausted.some of us are facing healthy problems,such as spinal cord problem,kidney problem,heart failure, High blood pressure,eye problems because of lack of vitamin and constant consumption of white rice only without a Stew.the worst part of it All is that prison police officers bit us with heavy Stick without no reason.we kindly ask for help please sir”.

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