According to a report by a Nigerian lawyer living in Benin Republic who sent out the story to the media, in the early hours of yesterday morning, Wednesday July 31st, the police department of the Republic of Benin carried out a
house to house search of Nigerians living in Cotonou,
who don't have their passports and ID cards. The Nigerians they found wanting were bundled up and
quarantined in a local primary school (pictured above).
A few other nationalities like Ghanaians and Nigers were also picked up but majority were Nigerians. The Benin police say they plan to continue their raid because some foreigners were constituting a nuisance in the area.
The lawyer had to bail her relatives from the camp with 20,000cfa which is about N6000 even though they didn't commit any crime other than being unable to identify themselves. Maybe it's time to come home!
Is alright ,deportations things .hmm
ReplyDeleteWhen Nigerians are even rounded up and deported in their own country how much more another man's land. Make Dem dey come house na abi?
DeleteMG........
I guess this is in retaliation to the robbery attack carried out by our nna bros dem @ the idi iroko border in the early hours of the same day. Igbos have crowded the place carrying out all sorts of crimes. It's shameful. I was at cotonu to buy some wares and I heard about this incident. Even in small Benin, Nigerians are being chased. When will this revolution start sef? The land has to be purged.
DeleteShameful! Dats all I can say
ReplyDeleteThis is rubbish,dis Nigerians can lik to fall person hand.,.of al places cutonou,..Iranu oooshi
ReplyDeleteHahahaha... Haleemarh...
DeleteTo be a man is not a days job
ReplyDeleteTo b a man s nt a day job
DeleteAnd most of them look like my brothers from the east.hahaha
DeleteDey no go ever carry last!
Come back home joor.
Shaaaaarraaaaaap!!!!!
DeleteEven benin..nothing person will not see.
ReplyDeleteMake dem cum Home. U̶̲̥̅̊ get Job 4 dem abi.
ReplyDeleteU̶̲̥̅̊ beta tank GOD 4,wat U̶̲̥̅̊ are 2dy nd stop bein d judge. #Dodorima
WHAT IS GOIN ON I THOT IT WAS THESE COUNTRIES COMING TO NIJA FOR GREENER PASTURES...NOW ITS VICE VERSA...EVERYWHERE NIJA'S ARE EVEN IN AFRICA THEY ARE TREATED LIKE DOGS WHAT A TRAVESTY!!!
ReplyDeleteHmm.. "Travesty" Oyinbo!
DeleteThen what is the Nigeria gov't doing? These people are inhuman.let's push them out of our country and close d border then see who is going to buy the scraps they sell to us.
ReplyDeleteTrust me there are a lot of illegal west African migrants in nigeria some of them I personally know
DeleteHow many Beninoise are in ur country. What's d population of Benin Republic. Nigerians are to feel it most if d country embark on retaliation. Where is d job for d youth dat are living inside Naija. What is happening to Nigerians in Benin and Kenya showcase Nigeria as a failed state. This is a great shame.
DeleteNigerians pls check yourselves well well o.With all the oil in your country,you still go beg beg -S.African
ReplyDeleteThey are not going to beg they r going to work actually.
DeleteEwooo, see my uncle Chijioke there....in the table cloth shirt....uncle, how far now? I thought you said you lived in Malaysia?
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Why will U go to another country without ur passport or id card no form of identification, some naijas behave stupid....Can't blame benin even Fashola bundled some peps to out of lagos
ReplyDeleteI rest my brain
I jst feel like crying. My God people are sufring! In a world we jst came nd meat, people will be behaving like dey were born wit a piece of land! God plz 4giv me of all my sins and have mercy on us!
ReplyDeleteMeat ko pomo nko? Lol
Deleteand Nigerians like to insult and put down any host nation they are in,from the least developed to the most developed.Just go home to the billions of oil money you people like to brag about.
ReplyDeletethat is what you get for being terrible guests that most Nigerians are.Go home and start a revolution to give your kids a brighter future than this.
ReplyDeleteThank u o, tell them o,idiots that want freedom but don't want to pay the price of freedom.God paid the price for humanity by allowing his son to die, pharoah and Egypt paid the price enslaving pple with God and Moses fighting it, South Africans (blacks) fought and sang for the freedom, Martin Luther King and all black Americans fought for the freedom they have today, the middleeast nko, the french revolution, but Nigerians want to buy gucci dress for free.mumus, Mrs Alakija has so so and so money from oil business but they won't ask hw is she got the oil block, is her father the owner of the place where the oil came from? Nigerians will rather praise and admire her and every other looter who steals the country's wealth,they will celebrate their children weddings with pagentry on Bisi Olatilo show,u will watch and admire.Nigerians deserve the suffering they face.
Deletethat togo ? wetin dey there wey people dey find go ?
ReplyDeletePickpocketing bizness booms there!
DeleteThat's wats dia.
Na wa.
ReplyDeleteOverwhelming.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean they didn't commit any crime? How can one cross the border without a passport or not have any kind of ID! C'mon Nigerians don't let your sentiments cloud your judgement. What do we have against doing things the proper way in this country actually? Besides if word got out that some other nationality was kidnapping or something in an area in Nigeria, you and I will agree that this is what should be done to them.
ReplyDeleteChai so they have AC sef and I'm sure it's a public school. I'm serving in a public school let's not even discuss the things they lack before thinking about AC
ReplyDeleteU need eye surgery!!!, wier did u see AC...ewu
DeleteYou are the one who actually needs eye surgery @anon 10.34am. Can't you see the split unit at the building at the back in the second pic? Why so aggressive calling someone a goat. Before you say "wider did u see goat" ewu means goat *rme*
DeleteNoooo,make them continue to stay there. Mtcheeeeew. Oya naija ppl,when will you ppl start rejecting foriegners too? A̶̲̥̅̊♏ waiting o.
ReplyDeleteCommon benin republic again! Nawa ooooo!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDis is cruel mehn......government should do sumfin 2 avoid similar embarrassment
ReplyDeleteNawa oooo.
ReplyDeleteNigerians sabi spoil market for other Nigerians sha. See even mumu Benin Republic treating us like animals because we don't want to stay at home and endure what those wicked people are putting us through. Abeg I didn't mention names o.
ReplyDeleteBenin of all country, wonders shall never end. Why will they not disgrace us as a nation, when the leaders and ourselves will not cherish what we have. a country that is not up to street in lagos. Benin of all people. Na wa o! Nigeria government sold take care of the citizens
ReplyDeleteLinda, it depends on d area oo, i v been in benin for atleast close to 2 yrs n except when am driving that they ask for identification. If nt, i v never been asked like that.
ReplyDeleteAk, no fit come my area say one thing or d oda.
Then come back home sef, no be by force. See country sef we dey humilate una. What a big shame
ReplyDeleteThen come back home sef, no be by force. See country sef wey dey humilate una. What a big shame
ReplyDeleteI think Nigerian Govt shld learn from ths other countries, we also have a lot of them here creating nuisance, lot of Indians, Chinese Lebanese, Togolese e.t.c without ID and there all comfortable even treated like oga's @ D Top while our own brothers at there own end are not, abeg make Nigerian government create space for we end, oya governor Fashola create space now!
ReplyDeleteJUPITER.
It's very sad to see Nigerians being treated this way. I schooled in Benin and i know the kind of humiliation we Nigerians face from their police on daily basis even with a valid ID card. Several cases of unfair victimization has been reported to the Nigerian embassy and it all falls on deaf ears. I think the Nigerian govt needs to do something about this because sincerely speaking these Beninese really hate us Nigerians.
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ReplyDeleteBenin too! Wake up call to we d citizens of Nigeria. Our fate lies in our hands
ReplyDeleteGo home to what? It's well
ReplyDeleteA lot is happening to Nigerians this days. But we need to get the full facts before analysing the situation. All I can say for now is that every country has a right to protect her own citizens and ensure her National security and we can't blame them. If the Nigerian government lives up to her responsibilities and improves the life of Nigerians, there wouldn't be need to go to a country like Benin Republic to try and eke out a living. May God help us.
ReplyDeleteThis is absurd....but come home na!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean did not commit any crime? Living in a foreign country without papers or passport is a crime.
ReplyDeleteThey don't look good at all,come home it is bad we know but it aren't as bad as sleeping in a refugee camp.
ReplyDeleteLawwd...Wetin benin get way we no get here in naija. Abi skyscrappers de there??? Some Nigerians sha #smh
ReplyDeleteHenhen!!! Iyen Benin Republic!!its time to send all d millions agonyis back to their country!!
ReplyDeleteLol. Hahahahah. Not even china, or Uk, or even South africa, but benin, and they are still there. Make dem no come back na, Ndi ara, if they count ppl wey dey outside naija, they too go raise hand. Mtchwwwwwww.
ReplyDeleteHa see as some nigerian dey disgrace us, of all d country in the word, na benin republic... ha dis na d highest insult of d federation. Cotonou ke..*Benin laso laso* ha... Ok ooo
ReplyDeleteLinda,come home 2 do what?do u have any job 4 them?or can u give them Capital 2 start a small biz? Shameless Country.
ReplyDeleteIts nothing.. The police and gendamerie jst raided because they need them to part with few cfas. Even students there that can identify themselves are sometimes arrested till they give them money before they can be released they are not different from the nigerian police.
ReplyDeleteCommon Benin Republic! Abeg make una come back home, we love una.
ReplyDeleteOf all local countries kwan
ReplyDelete~D great anonymous!
I hope they are all igbo's. Abi Fashola was involved?..hehehe...
ReplyDeleteeven cotonou too ! D nxt s cameroun...
ReplyDeletewen i read stuff like dis,my heart bleeds.the other it was Kenya issue nw its Benin republic.e don reach like dis .being humilated by neighbouring african countries.i dey vex.abi na nemesis b dis i remember Ghana must go.buh seriously its so painful .this is d outcome of corrupt leaders.the future of NIGERIA beats my imaginaton.GOD DEY.
ReplyDeleteThere's no place like home.I wonder what people go to African countries and get harrassed when u can live like a king in Nigeria. There's enough space in Nigeria biko
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahahahahahahaha.....see cotonou oooi way nor still get levell,, nigerians and hustlin self
ReplyDeletethe time don come make we dey stay our country .anyhow e b .cos water don pass garri both locally n internationally, naija no get respect its about that time lets come together n build our country positively.if na revolution oya i follow.cos enough is enough haba.
ReplyDeletethe time don come make we dey stay our country .anyhow e b .cos water don pass garri both locally n internationally, naija no get respect its about that time lets come together n build our country positively.if na revolution oya i follow.cos enough is enough haba.
ReplyDeleteCome home folks!! And its not a matter of their not being able to identify themselves, its a matter of their entering the country illegally without valid papers.
ReplyDeleteEven benin republic dey deport nigerians. We r so not wanted every we go.
ReplyDeleteWetin dem dey find sef?
ReplyDeleteBenin Rep doing it the Fashola style....lol. Return home people, home is better.
ReplyDeleteNigerians na every contry una go go, as linda said make una come home biko
ReplyDeleteNigerians na wa oo no where una no go? even Cotonou for here again, I take God beg una make una come home ooo .
ReplyDeletePls carry on and flush out those that will cause trouble for you tomorrow , if we had done this too boko haram would not have existed in this country.
ReplyDeleteMaybe its Time Nigeria wisen up and start their own. Afterall in my house n area we have foreigners who doesn even hear pidgin talk more of havin National I.D card. Nonsense!
ReplyDeleteBenin Republic have started this their nonsense again...When will they stop harassing Nigerian & other foreigners. Its just a neighboring country for God sake. After all na the same Nigerians & Foreigners open them eye.
ReplyDeleteAnd here we have millions of dem walking about freely...nigerian ambassador to bennin should do something to dat,or else i will slap my bennin republic nebour dis morning.
ReplyDeleteI think its time for them to go back home. Cotonu won't b the only country sending dem back home other countries will join dem soon.
ReplyDeleteNa wah o! Even Benin republic can diss Naija. How the mighty have fallen SMH!!!
ReplyDeleteHmmm dis country is sooo finished
ReplyDeleteCome home and do what?is it in nigeria where persident and gorvernors fight no job no nothing that they will get something to do?
ReplyDeleteSMH,,, dis shud b a wake up calls 2 ma fellow Igbos, 1st ws fashola n now dis.. Cos i know d Igbos ar mor in numba in cotonou dan any oda tribe..
ReplyDeleteLiving in a foreign country without documents is a crime my dear
ReplyDeleteCome home,its not a maybe. Stop embarrassing us there by making these people feel they are so important. Abi una wan go bak 2 primary school?
ReplyDelete-Blunt Ibo boy-
even for benin republic sef? lol its well o
ReplyDeleteIf only nigeria can do the same thing to here.how can u go and stay in another man's country and not being able to identify ur self. this shows how unprepared they were,one should alway prepare for times like this. i pity them sha
ReplyDeleteI hope our crazy government is seeing the embarassment their foolish leadership is causing our people & the nation (Giant of Africa) all over the world. They're raiding & deporting Nigerians from all around the world and now from Cotonou. SMH
ReplyDeleteI bet most of them are igbos. Shebi na una dey travel wide. The japan of africa..... If its not malay, its southy or china. Invest in biafra.
ReplyDeletehian na wa o!! the whole world wants 2 reject 9ja even small cotonou has joined kenya in rejcting us..sigh
ReplyDeleteI just saw elikem...so cool
ReplyDeleteNooooo linda, they shouldn't bother coming home. They should sit their ass back down over there. Oshiko
ReplyDeleteI wonder why they av to go to anoda country to suffer..am sure most of them re ibos..u better come home.
ReplyDeleteha ha ha ha ha ..... this same benin wey their citizens full naija and they live free. we no dey disturb them. nigeria, you see yourself. small country fit identify foreign elements mumu big for nothing naija no fit.
ReplyDeleteHmmm.
ReplyDeleteWhat are we gonna call this one this time?
Common Benin Police una dey fear? Well aba boys no dey there sha cus i trust my a.b.a boys to beat those lekpa benin police guys.
Nigerians are everywhere oh. Gezzz.
Its a crime to leave in another country without proper documentation, too bad our government cant do same.
ReplyDeleteThis Nigerians will do anything to go outta 9ja even if its congo,cameroun,..Life anagaga lmao..Make una carry una kaya start to come hauz..This is maize season,go to ur villages & farm!! Doofie#Pokello
ReplyDeleteBenin Republic too? Nigerians don suffer!
ReplyDeletenigerians neva seems to change
ReplyDeletestaying in a foreign country without the required papers is a crime!
ReplyDeleteLol, this is just absurd. A country so backward in civilization is deporting citizens of a more civilized country than them... When HNAUB students are the ones upgrading them and boosting their economy!
ReplyDeleteCome to your fathers land dnt stay in another man's country,nigeria is better
ReplyDeleteWETIN DEM DEY FIND FOR DERE SEF????? IS LIFE BETTER DAN LIVING IN NAIJA?
ReplyDeleteIs Nig dat bad that they prefer Benin. They shoud come home na.
ReplyDeleteLet's vote right people into power next time. The major people that spoil ds country are the legislators, and unfortunately these are people we dnt care hw they are chosen during election. We focus on governors and president more. If we hv good people with nigeria at heart, nt to rape her the way they do, u'd see development, and jobs will be created. Every nigerian will be an employer of labour. This is what's obtained in china.
ReplyDeleteThis is good. This is what nigerians like, they re always rubbished anywhere they go,, pls let's do thanksgiving o atleast they didn't kill them like they did in Cote d'voire.later they will insult these countries instead of kiling all the bastards causing their problems.why won't Ghanaians,Ivorians,even Benin pple insult u.pls sit down in ur houses and contiune to say "may God help us".Benin abeg carried on.It will soon be Syria turn to disgrace and deport Nigerians.
ReplyDeleteif we stop buying cars 4rm them their economy will crumble tell gej to dredge calabar port so dat we cud also use der for importation of cars, etc.... Stop dis lagos politics
ReplyDeleteWhy will U go to another country without ur passport or id card no form of identification, some naijas behave stupid We Can't blame benin even Fashola bundled some people out of lagos sef. but we have many of Africa country here in naija because of our name is giant of Africa and they are falling out hand outside the shore
ReplyDeleteBUT OUR PRESIDENT IS IN COTONOU TO ATTEND THEIR 53rd INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY.MAKE OUR AMBASSADOR OR EMBASY REPORT TO OGA JO.
ReplyDeletewell that's one thing with Nigerians, as close as Benin is to us, we have to realize that's another territory with a different government.. You cant be there without a passport...talk to some Nigerians and they tell u why should they get a passport for Benin...? we should learn to do things the right way. every foreigner in a country should have a valid means of identification, no matter how close. Nigeria also needs to identify foreigners here also.
ReplyDeleteSerious matter,Lmao!!Oya next
ReplyDeleteOnly men?were are der wives naw?Shld dey leave without der wife nd kids?Benin boys will take over oo!Lmao!Serious matter
ReplyDeleteAm a stud in benin and dey re just doin dat to collect money even if dey see students wit valid documents dey will still arrest dem and collect like 1millon cfa(350naira). If dey deport naijas dem, dey main market here will close down cos na naija make benin republic wetin e be today
ReplyDeletenija too dey claim ground for plces becus na we bi first earthly citizis.cotonue what na?
ReplyDeleteNigeria started it 1st, it pay back time
ReplyDeleteOK I'm tired of this nonsense. From South Africa to Egypt to Kenya to Benin Republic. And now the UK is disturbing us. What the hell is our immigration force waiting for? We have illegal people in Nigeria too so they should get on it! mtchew
ReplyDeleteNa today, abi na for where on this planet where Nigerians are not maltreated? After voting for nitwits incapable of solving any of our numerous national problems, they jump to other lands to escape the consequence of ill governance. Abeg get your pitiable selves back home and let's salvege Nigeria together. Lol!
ReplyDeleteWhen are Nigerians going to get their act together? When is our government going to put Nigeria and Nigerians first? Our government likes playing Africa's big benefactor when it is clear as daylight that Nigerians are hated with a passion across Africa. In Lagos alone we have thousands of people from Benin who have no legal identification that go about their business without any trouble from Nigerian law enforcement. Then you have the others from all across West Africa that are here without legitimate papers. Our government (and people) do not bother them, yet in their countries Nigerians (even those with legal papers) consistently get the short end of the stick. I believe it is high time that the Nigerian government starts giving as good as we get. Send all the illegals back to their countries and let the illegal (and legal) Nigerians in those countries come back home. If only we can get our act together, Nigerians really have no business emigrating to other countries to be treated like crap.
ReplyDeleteActually I visit Benin Rep regulrly for work and a couple of my colleagues have been road checked at night, obviously at the point of checking, they don't have their passport on them. The police men actually arrest them and detain them until they call one of us or someone from the office to get their passport from their hotel. It is bullshit in my opinion. Some of these people may actully have legal travel documents but were not given the chance to pick them up.
ReplyDeleteI mean, what if they had no one to speak to to bring their passport to the station.
Nigerians are cowards. Rather than face their tormentors & fix their country they run all over the world.
ReplyDeleteSee Igbo boys, they must always go and disgrace us with their dirty businesses selling scraps.
I just read of a Nigerian jailed for 12yrs for drugs in Malaysia and yes, you guessed right, he's Igbo.
Benin republic,a worthless country with a society full of voodoo.
ReplyDeleteBut for Nigeria,they would have faded off the map,since the time of Abacha,we have constantly offered them aid, and nowadays they behave like they can survive if the border is closed for just a week.
Well it's time for Nigerians to start developing Strong Nationalist spirit towards their country.
Imagine embarrassment in the name of worthless cfa"........long hiss!