Nigerians will not be treated with disdain- Gbajabiamila to Chinese Ambassador

Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed displeasure over the inhuman treatment meted out on some Nigerians by the Chinese authorities in Beijing.

Gbajabiamila who met with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, said that the inhuman treatment on Nigerians in China must be addressed forthwith.

The Speaker said there should be an official explanation for treating Nigerians in such a manner.

"As a government, we will not allow Chinese or other nationals to be maltreated just as we will not allow Nigerians to be maltreated in other countries.

"The way you treat your citizens, we expect that's how you'll treat others. We will not tolerate our citizens breaking your laws, but the crime of one citizen cannot be used to stigmatize the whole country," the speaker said.

In his response, Ambassador Pingjian said though he has not been officially informed about the details of the incidence but that he would take it up with the home government.

We take our relationship with Nigeria very seriously. Until we receive a full report from back home, I cannot act, but I can assure you it is not a policy issue.

"We treat everyone equally, but during the implementation of the COVID-19 measures in China, it is possible for some incidents; all I do is to take it back home, today I will," he said.

"We treat everyone equally, but during the implementation of the #COVID-19 measures in China, it is possible for some incidents; all I do is to take it back home, today I will, " he said. pic.twitter.com/kRGNJdQkH8

— Speaker of the House of Representatives (@SpeakerGbaja) April 10, 2020

This is coming after Nigerians were harassed in a hotel with their passports stripped off them. These actions were circulated in a video that went viral recently