(UPDATE) #ENDSARS: Egyptian Authorities To Deport 7 Nigerians

Chairman for Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Arewa, says Egyptian authorities will deport 7 out the 8 Nigerians detained over lack of resident permit.

The Eight Nigerians were detained since October 18, during the #EndSARS protest.

Dabiri-Erewa, who has been following the matter, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

She added that the only Nigerian among them who has residency permit will get final clearance from the Egyptian Interior Minister, Mahmoud Tawfik after signing an undertaking not to be involved in any unauthorised activities while still in the country.

The CEO NIDCOM made it clear that the Nigerian mission in Egypt is still pleading for leniency on behalf of the seven Nigerians slated for deportation.

The NIDCOM boss, however, denied the allegation that the Federal government of Nigeria is involved in the Nigerians’ arrest.

She said that the Nigerians were not arrested at the Nigerian Embassy but at another location.

“The Nigerian mission in Cairo has had extensive deliberations with the Cairo Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Interior as well as the Diplomatic Police, adding that the eight detained Nigerians, four men and four women,were assured of decent treatment while in detention.

Dabiri-Erewa reiterated her appeals to Nigerians abroad to be good ambassadors of the country by being law abiding to the laws of their respective host countries.