In just a week after some people vandalised a building on the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana, the Nigerian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia was vandalised by some protesters.
According to the information gathered, the vandals were citizens of Nigeria that were protesting alleged discrimination and violations of their fundamental human rights by officials of Indonesian immigration.
In a video that was posted online, the protesters were carrying placards and chanted: “Nigeria is not helping us in this country. We don’t have an Embassy. We no go ‘gree.”
Some protesters were seen destroying a white bus on the premises of the Embassy while other protesters broke the windows and doors of the building.
Also, the vandals brought down the Nigerian flag and tore it after dragging it for few minutes.
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama has condemned the attack and labeled it as “disgraceful”.
He said efforts were being put in place to identify the vandals and punish them accordingly.
While condemning the attack on his Twitter handle, Onyeama wrote: “Absolutely deplorable and disgraceful criminal behaviour by Nigerian hooligans who without justification attacked the Nigerian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia today.
“Every effort will be made to identify them and see they are severely punished. Totally unacceptable behaviour.”
