Nigerian Phd Student With Valid Visa Died Inside Immigration Detention Cell, Nigerians In Malaysia Dismayed

Thomas Orhons Ewansiha (Deceased)

Nigerians in Malaysia have echoed out their voices as they cried out that it's High Commission in Malaysia has ignored it citizens. They calling for the commission to be filled with good working personnel or be shut down.

The public outburst of many Nigerians residing in Malaysia increase for days now after the passing of a Nigerian by name Thomas Orhons Ewansiha (Nigerian). Thomas is said to be a Phd student at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) reported died after being detained by the Malaysian Immigration despite a valid visa shown by the deceased.

This recent incident which a Nigerian has died once again, has spark up series of anger of the unfair treatment of Nigerians/Africans by the Malaysian police/immigration agencies.

Upon listening to some Nigerians, they stated that many of them have being going through a lot of unbearable treatment for quite some time now, yet there isn't any positive concerns by the Nigerian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Nigerians in Diapora Organisation Malaysia (NIDOMY), an organisation body that oversees the welfare of Nigerians living in Malaysia, also felt the level of it's High Commission's involvement of engaging it's host country's authority is not enough and the commission's position has equally caused a barrier to NIDOMY from carrying out it's duties and standing up for Nigerians in Malaysia.

The organisation's executive explained that valid document cannot be checked on the spot by it's executives in cases that involve Nigerians. Although, the Nigerian High Commission has not being helpful in this area to provide the necessary support as they turned a blind eye to most of the issues being faced by Nigerians in Malaysia.

In togetherness while voicing out their worries, Nigerians in Malaysia have echoed by saying it's High Commission in the country has failed in many areas as to what they called "total neglect" of it citizens well-being.

With many other occasions noted that Nigerian nationals are being detained by Malaysia government despite most of them having valid resident permits of various kind required. This is not right at all, many Nigerians is said to have been in lockup for many years without any visitation from officials of the High Commission.

This issue has raised serious concerns about the health/safety/security of Nigerians in Malaysia. An angry Nigeria in one of many voice notes going viral on social media platforms, stated that "once you are a Nigerian, it does not matter if you have valid documents or not, you will be detailed for nothing less than two (2) weeks." Together with torture, and being kept in an overcrowded cell or lockup like a condemned criminal. We can't take this sort of ill treatment anymore, he said.

Nigerians in Malaysia has presently recorded over ten (10) deaths due to immigration raids within the past six months. There are also cases of many Nigerians whom were detained and died without any proper explanation as to what led to their death.

The death of man Nigerians in Malaysia is so pathetic and we won't stop speaking out until our voices are heard. We implore the Nigerian government to take immediate action to these numerous cruel incidence.