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Cape Verde Allegedly Denies Nigerians Entry While Allowing Western Travellers by Cybercop2002: 2:23pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
Cape Verde allegedly
denies Nigerians entry
while allowing
Western travellers
A Twitter user in South Africa, Khrist,
said she had similar experience when
she travelled to Cape Verde.
By Yusuf Akinpelu and Samson
Adenekan
— April 3, 2021 3 min read
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Authorities in the West African country
of Cape Verde on Friday barred three
Nigerians from entry into the country
while allowing white foreign travellers
in, according to the account given by
one of the victims.
Teni Tayo, a Nigerian and an African
development expert, said in a tweet
Friday that she was back in Dakar, the
capital of Senegal, after she was
deported by authorities in Cape Verde.
“So I got deported today. Mostly
because I am black but also because I
am Nigerian,” she wrote in one of her
tweets.
So I got deported today. Mostly
because I am black but also because I
am Nigerian.
I got on a flight to Praia, #CapeVerde
from Dakar, Senegal but have now
been sent back to Dakar.
pic.twitter.com/N2ZhBax0PN
— Teni T. � (@aloinett) April 2,
2021
She noted that she arrived at the
airport in Praia with a group of other
travellers which included “an Italian
couple, my Sudanese-American friend,
a Spanish couple, a Kenyan, an Ivorian,
a Jordanian, a Guinean and four
Nigerians.”
All white travelers as well as “my black
friend with an American passport”
were passed, she alleged, adding that
those with a Nigerian passport were
denied entry.
They were barred alongside a
Jordanian, whom she said she believed
“was lumped with us because he has
Nigerian visas in his passport.”
The airport authorities told them they
were turned back due to COVID-19.
“Then we asked why the white people
and my American friend were let
through. They said they decided who
could stay and who could go. So
everyone with a Western passport went
through. In West Africa,” Ms Tayo said.
“We had all the entry requirements.
The pretext, despite lack of pre-
information, was that holidays are not
allowed due to COVID-19 restrictions,”
she added.
Since she made the statements on
Twitter, angst has spiked among
Nigerians on the microblogging site
with some of them urging the Nigerian
government to ensure that the incident
is investigated.
Some recalled their experience in the
hands of authorities in the Portuguese-
speaking island country in the central
Atlantic Ocean.
Some other nationals joined the
Nigerian commentators by accusing the
government of the tiny nation of having
racists tendencies.
A Twitter user in South Africa, Khrist,
said she had similar experience when
she travelled to Cape Verde.
“I’m South African and had the same
issue in Praia. I got detained in that
airport named after a South African
struggle hero,” Khrist wrote, referring
to the Nelson Mandela Airport located
in the island of Santiago in the capital
city of Praia.
“I was saved by a friend who alerted
the SA embassy in Dakar,” the Twitter
user added .
Cape Verde Prime Minister Ulisses
Correia e Silva declined comment when
reached Saturday. The country’s head
of internal affairs, Carlos Reis, also
could not be reached for comment. His
number was unreachable.
Meanwhile, the Nigerians in diaspora
commission boss, Abike Dabiri-Erewa,
has said home authorities will
investigate Ms Tayo’s experience.
“Pity this happened
to you but it’s
important we get the
full story and all sides of the story
properly documented,” she tweeted
Friday .
Pity this happened to you but it’s
important we get the full story and
all sides of the story properly
documented. When you get back , pls
pop in to @nidcom_gov .Send an e
mail to us admin@nidcom.gov .ng or
DM @nidcom_gov . We would like to
hear from you one on one . https://
/d8hzniVQqx
— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri)
April 2, 2021
Suspicion
There is subtle surveillance on the
Nigerian twittersphere which has in
recent weeks been trending with calls
for the release of a political detainee,
Alex Saab.
Mr Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat, was
held in June during a stopover at
Amilcar Cabral International Airport on
the Island of Sal by the Cape Verdean
authorities.
The West African government has since
ignored at least three court orders to
release Mr Saab, whom the Venezuelan
government said was on a humanitarian
mission to Iran from Venezuela.
It is believed that his arrest warrant
was issued by Interpol at the request of
the United States, who is opposed to
the regime of Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro, a close ally of Mr Saab.
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Cape Verde, demands release of
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump
had made Mr Saab’s extradition a top
priority, at one point even sending a
Navy warship to Cape Verde to keep an
eye on the captive and scuttle any plans
by Venezuela to try to sneak him out of
jail, Al Jazeera reported.
Observers believe the growing demand
for his release in Nigeria could have
contributed to the stiff travel
restrictions against Nigerians wanting to
gain entry into the African archipelago.
Inhabited by less than 550,000 people
with a mixed blend of people with
African and European heritage, Cape
Verde is blessed with little natural
resources.
Its developing economy is largely
service-oriented, and driven by tourism
and foreign handouts. It has one of the
most stable representative democracies
in Africa.
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Re: Cape Verde Allegedly Denies Nigerians Entry While Allowing Western Travellers by Golan007: 2:25pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
Una don go spoil the place again. Maybe our developers haven completed their task. 1 Like |
Re: Cape Verde Allegedly Denies Nigerians Entry While Allowing Western Travellers by TruthHurts1(m): 2:30pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
This is wrong and xenophobic, but I can see why they're doing it. The Westerners are tourists who are coming to spend money and 76% of their GDP comes from tourism. I wonder why Nigerians would even go there because it's not the kind of place where you can hustle. 1 Like |
Re: Cape Verde Allegedly Denies Nigerians Entry While Allowing Western Travellers by donbachi(m): 2:30pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
Maybe adams oshiomhole neva pay him bride price finish,for there. |
Re: Cape Verde Allegedly Denies Nigerians Entry While Allowing Western Travellers by Freestainworld(m): 2:45pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
Africans are the real problems of Africa, the day we wake up from our sleep and see ourselves as one, that is when things will start moving. 1 Like |
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