A Nigerian, simply identified as Arinze,
was feared dead yesterday, after an
immigrant working with the
Arab Contractors Construction Company
(O.A.O) threw him down from the second-
floor of a two-storey building undergoing
construction at the new Enugu State
Secretariat, Enugu.
According to theParadigm , the immigrant
worker, identified as Abdul Lateef,
apparently from one of the Arab-speaking
countries, allegedly pushed the deceased
down from the building at about 11.30
a.m.
The immigrant worker whom sources said
is feared by many in the company for his
brutality, pushed the deceased down after
their disagreement on how a particular
task should be carried out at the site.
Workers of the company had attempted to
lynch the expatriate, but for the timely
intervention of the
police, who took him away.
Meanwhile, the Enugu State Police
Command said it has commenced “a full-
scale investigations into the alleged
incident”.
A release made available to reporters in
Enugu by the command’s public relations
officer, Ebere Amaraizu, said “ the victim
was rushed to a nearby hospital where he
is now responding to treatment”.
But the South-eastern zone of the Civil
Liberties Organisation (CLO) insisted that
“the Nigerian who was pushed down by
the expatriate has died.
In a statement by its zonal director, Olu
Omotayo, the CLO described the action of
the expatriate as:
“a barbaric act in all ramifications.
This is not the first time we are
receiving complaints of torture and
brutalisation of Nigerians by
expatriates of some of these
construction companies. These
actions show how Nigerians have
always been treated with disdain by
these so-called expatriates in the
construction companies.”
Omotayo further condemned the brutal
killing of Arinze and demanded that the
police charge Abdul Lateef for murder.
“Nigerians cannot continue to be
treated like animals in their own
country,” he stated.
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