figures and names, and show Nigerians the 60 prisoners of Nigerian origin that were freed from prisons in Tanzania.
The commission stated that their repatriation was made possible by the Nigerian ambassador to Tanzania, noting that ever before COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Mission had been working on repatriation of Nigerian prisoners in Tanzania. “The informant called our attention to the publications in most Nigerian Newspapers claiming that the Chairman of the National Commission in charge of Diaspora affairs Honourable Abike Dabiri has secured through the Ambassador of Nigeria in Tanzania about 60 of the Nigerian prisoners in Tanzania.
The group said it was urging the Nigerian media to demand from the head of the commission on Diaspora affairs Honourable Abike Dabiri to show Nigerians the documentary evidence of the identities of the Nigerians released from the Prisons in Tanzania.