The Senior Special Assistant to
the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has
denied receiving any petition on a Nigerian detained by the United States, U.S,
authority.
Dabiri-Erewa gave the explanation
through her Media Aide, Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Dabiri-Erewa said the attention
of the Office of the Presidential Aide had been drawn to an online publication
about a Nigerian detained in the U. S.
She said the publication entitled
“Family of US detained Nigerian man cries out, seeks FG’s intervention,” was
false.
NAN recalls that an online medium
had reported that Mr Olufolajimi Abegunde, a Nigerian resident in Atlanta,
Georgia was detained by the U. S. authority since February.
He was accused of harbouring a
friend who was allegedly involved in a questionable financial transaction.
The report added that the
detained Nigerian had sought the federal government’s intervention.
Dabiri-Erewa, however, said that
the report was false as no correspondence was received by her on the issue.
”We have checked our records and
there is no such letter ever received in our office as the Commission has not
even been set up as at the time the said petition was reportedly submitted.
”Secondly, all the line of
communication is open for any public complaint which we respond to as soon as
practicable.
”The complainant or any other
aggrieved Nigerian is advised to officially channel the communication to the
Secretary or Secretariat of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission,” she said.
She said that the commission
could not treat any issue based on an online report.
Dabiri-Erewa instructed that all
petitions should be channelled through ssa@diaspora.gov.ng or submitted at the
office or call +2348174383962.
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