400 Nigerians in Chinese jails
ABUJA: Four hundred Nigerians are serving jail term in various Chinese
prisons, Treasurer of Nigerian Students Association, Alhaji Tukur Hassan
Tingilin, has disclosed to Vanguard Learning.
Tingilin, a student
of Tianjin University of Technology and Education, studying, Mechanical
Manufacture and Automation, who spoke exclusively with Vanguard in
Bejing, quoted the Nigerian Ambassador in China, Ambassador Aminu Wali,
as saying that majority of affected Nigerians were jailed for drug
related offences.
According to Tingilin “I was opportuned to be
at Beijing in July just before the Presidential visit where I heard the
Ambassador Aminu Wali saying there are currently over 400 Nigerians
serving terms in various jails in China.