Nigerians In Chinese Prisons Seek Transfer To Nigeria Prisons

Many prisoners have inundated Nigeria, asking to be transferred from Chinese prisons, but such transfers are impossible for now.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri, said at the seminar on Nigeria-China relations in Abuja on Thursday that, “there is a lot of appeals and some prisoners say they want to move from one prison there to another, it is not going to happen”.


We have been talking to them but their law is their law. My appeal to Nigerians is to obey the laws of that country because it is getting tougher; they have sanctions and they follow through.”


Transfer of prisoners from China to Nigeria can only be possible if there is a signed treaty to the effect by the two countries. There is no treaty between the countries for prisoners’ transfer, when that exists the transfer of prisoners would be possible.


NAN