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General News of Monday, 10 April 2017

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Nigerians stand against deportation of chained compatriot in KLM flight

The deportee in the plane play videoThe deportee in the plane

A group of Nigerians on board a Dutch KLM flight stopped the flight from departing, demanding that a fellow Nigerian who was handcuffed as well as chained like a hardened criminal, scheduled for deportation back to Nigeria be removed from the flight.

In a viral video on social media, the group of Nigerians who were unhappy about how the deportee was handcuffed and chained on his legs as if he was a hardcore and violent criminal for mere lack of proper documentation in the country, agitated for the handcuffs and chains to be removed or he removed from the flight.

"Nigerians held the Dutch KLM flight to a standstill demanding that a fellow Nigeria brought in the plane for deportation back home be taken off the plane or the plane was going nowhere. What was this man's crime? He had no documents and so he was chained like an animal.

"When would our government start demanding her citizens be treated like human beings? And my fellow Nigerians you see what unity brings.

Let us start uniting and stand up together and say enough is enough," a passenger said.