A former Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, Osaze Osemwengie-Ero, says he will lead a protest to the Italian Embassy within the next four weeks to demand the release of over 300 Nigerian youths illegally detained in Italian prisons for trumped-up charges bordering on mafia-related offences.
Osemwengie-Ero, who returned to Benin on Monday after over a year of wrongful detention in Italy, said he was a victim of racial discrimination and manipulation of a very corrupt prosecutor of the Italian Justice system as he was on an official trip to Germany, in 2019 when he was arrested in Amsterdam and illegally detained by the Italian government.
He said, “We have over 300 Nigerian youths in Italian prisons illegally arrested and incarcerated for false allegations of mafia-related crimes and I am ready to lead a protest to the Italian Embassy to demand for their release in the next four weeks. “I have a list of them and I am making contact with their families. I made a promise to them that they will not be forgotten,” he said.
The ex-commissioner, who commended Governor Godwin Obaseki for his support and show of concern during his ordeal in Italy, said his arrest and incarceration had nothing to do with the state government or the governor.He said, “Also, the arrest had nothing to do with money laundering. I wonder why people will say I was arrested with $2m in my pocket or suitcase for the governor.
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