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INDIAN POLICE MOLEST NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS IN ABUJA

Started by Dan-Borno, October 17, 2007, 10:48:02 AM

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Indian Police molest Nigerian journalists in Abuja
By Everest Amaefule, Abuja
Wednesday, 17 Oct 2007

Nigerian journalists were on Monday night humiliated when scores of Indian security officials took over security arrangement at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja, venue of a meeting between visiting Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and Nigerian Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Oluremi Babalola.

The Indian security operatives sidelined Nigerian security officials who were hardly anywhere to be found around the Nasarawa Hall of the hotel where the meeting was scheduled to hold.

Although the Finance Ministry had properly invited journalists to the occasion, the Indian security operatives prevented them from gaining access to the meeting.

When Babalola came to the venue of the meeting, he was only allowed inside when it was discovered that he was the host. He was not allowed to enter with his aides.

On the other hand, about six Indian journalists were allowed to enter into the venue.

The protest put up by the Nigerian journalists did not change the situation as officials of the Ministry of Finance who were at the venue were also stranded.

Workers of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel had no solution to the imbroglio neither was there any Nigerian security official in sight to save the situation.

Our correspondent learnt that workers at the five-star hotel where the Indian Prime Minister lodged were dazed when the Indians did not allow the helmsman of the hotel the opportunity of welcoming Singh in accordance with the tradition.

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Do you mind calling this act of rascism, ina
baindiye ina dan Nigeria if not because we
Nigerians have downgraded ourself to be so
mean like this.  This is a lesson for our
journalist also, who only attend big men
occasion, when the ordinary man wants
to air his voice, they deliberately make
things difficult for him.  Gayyan sodi.
"My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for" - Tupak