Rivers State Command of the Immigration Service, yesterday arrested two staff of Dresser-Rand Limited, a subsidiary of Siemens, a German multinational telecommunications company.
Messrs Douduo Sar and Lemuedo Neto, were arrested on the orders of the Controller, Rivers State Command, I. A. Haliru. Both men were arrested at Novotel Hotel, along Stadium Road, and detained at the immigration headquarters, at the federal secretariat, along Aba Road.
While Sar is from Senegal, Neto is from Angola.
Sar and Neto were drafted to Nigeria by Siemens to coordinate the termination of the appointment of over 70 per cent of Nigerian workers, most of whom have been working with Dresser-Rand for over10 years.
Mr. Daniel Taylor, another expatriate, a Briton, who was has been invited by the immigration service is said to be making moves to evade arrest while arrangements are being made for him by some staff of Dresser-Rand Limited, to sneak out of the country this weekend.
Mr. Soalabo West, counsel to the Nigerian workers whose appointment are on the verge of being summarily terminated, was seen at the office of the controller, yesterday, morning. He confirmed the arrest of Messrs Sar and Neto by the immigration service.
It was learnt that Dresser-Rand, a Siemens subsidiary involved in oil and gas servicing, has a reputation for violating expatriate quota and local content laws.
A source stated that about 10 expatriates working with Dresser-Rand in Nigeria are doing so without the required legal documentation.
West, who thanked the controller for his prompt intervention in the matter, called upon officers of the immigration service “to rid Nigeria of all foreigners working in illegally in country and ensure that justice in all companies that are violating the nations expatriate quota and local content laws”.
culled- starconnectmedia.com
Oh yes we self we have an active immigration services. Let them go and get their work permit.
ReplyDeleteStella na God go bless you. I am one of the staff but I don't want to put my name. I am afraid of victimisation. We have a lawyer representing us. His name is Soalabo West. He is active on Twitter and Facebook. Please Stella don't forget us. Don't let this matter go. Over 20 staff are at the mercy of Siemens. The company banned us from joining any union so therefore the unions cannot help us but I know how you use your social media to help people and causes. Please help us with your platform. Nigeria is too hard to be unemployed inside. My younger ones are depending on me for school fees and I don't want to become a runs girl. Please, help me.
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ReplyDeleteHehehehehe!!! Sanity gradually returning to our lawless country. I hope dey get deported
ReplyDeleteHehehehehe!!! Sanity gradually returning to our lawless country. I hope dey get deported
ReplyDeleteOk
ReplyDeleteStupid guys. so they came to see the termination of our Nigerian workers. Yeye dey smell.
ReplyDeleteKudos to immigration. More should be done about this lebanese and indians. Let me not add China since we want to pally them
A pound of their own flesh. Nice
ReplyDeleteBe lyk say Siemens no gree settle Oga Immigration
ReplyDeleteGood for him
ReplyDeleteAnd this was how xenophobic war started in South Africa,
ReplyDeleteA company getting rid of indigenous staff only to bring in lllegal expatriate.
Who accepts that?
Really? Do you have tru ur fake weaves or are u seriously comparing the xenophobic happenings in SA to these? I throway salute for u...
DeleteAmarachi pls read to understand, did you ever researched on why it happened in the first place?
DeleteThe citizen were complaining that foreigner from other part of africa were taking over their jobs, isn't it the same thing in this case? How can u lay off 70% of indigenous staffs and bring in lllegal expatriates to do their work,with the kind of hardship we are facing in this country my dear it's very wrong and unacceptable.
Serves them right. What we can't even try in Cotonou
ReplyDeleteVery good
ReplyDeleteNo be only nigerians to dey suffer immigration control for other countries
Please those people from Niger that are always following and romancing people's hand especially at Upper Iweka should also be sent home. Because I don't really get how they get into this country, use to see them before only at Lokoja but now they are almost everywhere.
ReplyDeletemechie onu there! Alloysius ikwuka ur father that molests his tenants friends. Wat was done to him? Abeg shift go omagba where u live mcheww
DeleteAbeg when will the immigration pple visit globacom?
ReplyDeleteThe officers at that office are thieves. My dad went for his passport and the story is somehow.
ReplyDeleteThey should do their job, many foreigners living without stay n the conditions they make our employees work under...
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