It was a day that has generated global uproar when on Thursday
the 6th of February 2014, the Spanish local border police opened fire on some
200 sub-Sahara African immigrants who were calling for rescue as they were
attempting to cross the high sea from Morocco into the Spanish border town of
Ceuta. So far, reports show that not less than 14 bodies have been recovered
from the water and each of them with bullet wounds.
the 6th of February 2014, the Spanish local border police opened fire on some
200 sub-Sahara African immigrants who were calling for rescue as they were
attempting to cross the high sea from Morocco into the Spanish border town of
Ceuta. So far, reports show that not less than 14 bodies have been recovered
from the water and each of them with bullet wounds.
Describing the action as grave ‘inhumanity’, the Northern
Observatory for Human Rights condemned the shooting as an action that
‘‘violates the international conventions on human rights”.
Observatory for Human Rights condemned the shooting as an action that
‘‘violates the international conventions on human rights”.
Photo of dead bodies after the cut. Viewer’s discretion is strictly
advised.
advised.
Photo Above: Some of the recovered dead bodies of the African immigrants shot by Spanish Police at the sea while swimming to cross to the border between Morocco and Spain.
On the part of the Nigerian Community in Madrid and Spain,
the action has been condemned in the clearest of terms. In a press release
after an emergency meeting of the Leaders of the Nigerian Communities in Madrid
at the instance of the Nigerian Nationals Association, the President of the
Association Comrade Lamptay Oriakhi described the action as a ‘premeditated act
of wickedness’. He added his voice to the Socialist Party’s call for the
resignation of all those directly and indirectly responsible for such inhuman
act. He informed that while effort is being made by the Association to
determine the number of Nigerians involved, the Association has begun a process
of calling the African immigrant community together for a nationwide wide
protest. Meanwhile, the secretary of the Association Honorable Precious Onuoha
affirmed that a letter has officially been written to the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Nigerian Community’s disapproval
and call for international justice.
the action has been condemned in the clearest of terms. In a press release
after an emergency meeting of the Leaders of the Nigerian Communities in Madrid
at the instance of the Nigerian Nationals Association, the President of the
Association Comrade Lamptay Oriakhi described the action as a ‘premeditated act
of wickedness’. He added his voice to the Socialist Party’s call for the
resignation of all those directly and indirectly responsible for such inhuman
act. He informed that while effort is being made by the Association to
determine the number of Nigerians involved, the Association has begun a process
of calling the African immigrant community together for a nationwide wide
protest. Meanwhile, the secretary of the Association Honorable Precious Onuoha
affirmed that a letter has officially been written to the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Nigerian Community’s disapproval
and call for international justice.
While expressing dismay at the actions of the Spanish
police, a cross section of the leaders of the Nigerian communities under the
aegis of the Nigerian Communities Leadership Interactive Forum Madrid expressed
concern over the high state of corruption in Nigeria as a major factor denying
Nigerians employment thereby forcing many into such deadly risk.
police, a cross section of the leaders of the Nigerian communities under the
aegis of the Nigerian Communities Leadership Interactive Forum Madrid expressed
concern over the high state of corruption in Nigeria as a major factor denying
Nigerians employment thereby forcing many into such deadly risk.
The President Comrade Lamptay Oriakhi and the Secretary
Honourable Prescious Onuoha used the medium to call on all Nigerian and African
communities, high commissions and governments to respond to this act of
inhumanity and support its condemnation.
Honourable Prescious Onuoha used the medium to call on all Nigerian and African
communities, high commissions and governments to respond to this act of
inhumanity and support its condemnation.
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