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A Nigerian man working in Ireland has voiced his fears of the danger he and other immigrants currently face after a violent riot broke out in Dublin on Thursday.
The man, who simply identified himself as a Nigerian scholar teaching at Whitehall College for Further Education, said that he was worried about his safety.
“This morning, I am on my way to work. I work at Whitehall College for Further Education here in Dublin. There was a riot here against foreigners here and we had to run for dear life. As you can see, it is dangerous for a black man like me to be here. I am trying to find a way out before I get killed by these angry protesters who don’t want to see a black man (here),” the teacher said.
“I have been in Ireland for a while now, and I have never seen something like this where foreigners are being attacked. I am a lecturer here, who is doing something good for my community. It is a shame that our government is so bad that we end up here. I studied in this country. I did my undergraduate and post-graduate studies here.
“Now, I teach here. It is just a shame that my country is so terrible that it is not adaptable for anyone that we all have to end up in a foreign land where we face abuse at all levels. From our earnings, we pay our rent, mortgage, insurance and so on. The little money that is left, you have to send it to Nigeria.”
This Nigerian said that it was a shame that some extremists wished to get rid of immigrants who contributed to the growth of Ireland.
If you have anyone in Dublin, please check on them!
In this video you can hear the voice of a "Nigerian Lecturer" in Dublin Ireland narrating the ordeal that they passed through at the hands of the Angry Irish Protesters.
It's a big shame on the Nigeria Government. pic.twitter.com/Y0f4zmV8vB
— Amarachukwu Okafor⚖ (@maokafor) November 27, 2023
Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) have made no official statement on the state of Nigerians in Dublin days after the riot.
Abike Dabiri Erewa, NiDCOM’s Chairman, said that government must make Nigeria more conducive for Nigerians in order to prevent them from leaving to uncertain conditions abroad. Erewa was, however, passing this comment in response to Nigerians stuck in asylum centres in Canada.
