Indonesia: Secondus Seeks Stiffer Penalty, Bemoans Debasing of Nigerians Abroad

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has called on the federal government to apply the stiffest penalty on Indonesia over the humiliating treatment of a Nigerian diplomat by their security officials.

Secondus, who expressed deep discontent on the matter charged Nigeria government to apply no constraints in responding to the unprovoked and unwarranted manhandling of the Nigerian diplomat.
According to a statement from his media, the PDP boss said no Nigerian should receive such dehumanising treatment more so to a diplomat, who enjoyed some privileges while on duty to any country.

He said every reasonable step should be taken including recalling Nigeria Ambassador to Indonesia and/or the expulsion of their ambassador here if adequate remorse and commensurate punishment was not meted out to those Indonesian officials.

Secondus expressed sadness that under the reign of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria has been debased and her nationals flagrantly insulted and humiliated abroad.

“These needless insults on Nigerians must stop. I know that APC misrule has helped to aggravate this unfortunate development, but we must protect our humanity in the comity of nations.”

He said the ugly development was a fallout of the internal handling of rule of law in Nigeria by the ruling government that has blatantly done things that were not within the purview of decency and law.

Secondus said the dignity of Nigerians abroad must be reestablished using the Indonesia case as example to other nation harboring any phobia against Nigerians, pointing out that the World was watching to see how Nigeria would handle the Indonesian assault on her.