No fewer than 25 Nigerians are currently languishing in various prisons in Vietnam, the Nigerian Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr Matthias Ojih-Okafor, has said.
Ojih-Okafor made
the disclosure in Enugu on Tuesday at an interactive session, organised by the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) with the Enugu Business Community and Vietnamese delegation, attending the ongoing 24th Enugu International
Trade Fair.
He listed some assistance the Nigerian Embassy in Vietnam had given to the prisoners as moral support through visits and financial assistance to both the victims and their families.
The ambassador said that the embassy was constrained by inadequate funds to assist Nigerians in various prisons in Vietnam.
He appealed to the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as the National Assembly for increased allocation to the embassy to enable it render legal services to Nigerians in Vietnam prisons.
Ojih-Okafor warned Nigerians living in Vietnam not to engage in criminal activities like drug peddling for their safety in that country.
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Culled - Dailytimes
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