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Sao Paulo Brazil 

 

Hello everyone,

The letter of protest has been deliverd to the spanish consulate here in sao paulo Brasil,a copy of the letter was also sent to the Nigerian Embassy in Brasilia. We are going to scan a copy of these letter to everyone very soon today, thats all folks see you guys later.

-Peter Adewole

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Washington DC, USA

 

Professor Bolaji Aluko delivered protest note at 12.30pm today:

"The stamped page is attached.  The letter was delivered by me at 2 pm local time.  According to the officer that I delivered it to, the Political Desk Officer will ensure its delivery to the Ambassador, for onward delivery to Spain. "

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New York, USA

Our mission to deliver the protest letter was accomplished a little over 2 hours ago. We were able to deliver the protest letter to the Spanish consul general in New york and we made sure he signed the letter as well. We're in the process of uploading the images from our New York portion in a little while.
-Taiwo Olorode

 

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Philadelphia, USA

The Protest letter was physically delivered at the office of the consular agent here in Philadelphia at 2:00 pm EST.  The letter was left at the front door of the agent’s office.  We anticipated that the agent will not be available to receive us because his telephone voice message said that he was out of town and he would not be available until next month.  The original of the protest letter was sent certified return receipt to the same address. 

Meanwhile, the turn-out today was dismal for a city where no less than 50,000 Nigerians are resident.  Only four people, three of whom were Nigerians, turned out for the protest.   The tragic death of this Nigerian in Spain and the apathy displayed by fellow Nigerians in Diaspora reveal a far more serous weakness amongst us. Today’s event is a sad commentary on the affairs of our people.  A week before this protest, enough efforts were made to generate the right awareness for this protest – Fliers were posted in strategic locations, emails were sent out and personal contacts were made.  At least we expect a minimum of 30 Nigerians in attendance. The failure of this protest cannot blamed on the organizers and the coordinators rather,  the traditional apathy of Nigeria to anything that does not affect them personally is responsible for today’s lackluster performance. 

A video recording of this protest is available and it will be uploaded for view later

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London UK

The UK Team-29th of June Protest at the Spanish Embassy

The UK team converged at Victoria Train Station at 11:20AM from where we all walked down to the Embassy of Spain on Chesham Road; we met other protesters waiting for us. At exactly 12Midday, we approached the main entrance of the Spanish Embassy where an official was already waiting for us. He told us that the Embassy would only allow two people into the lobby to meet with a diplomatic official, the group protested but eventually succumbed and the duo of Anne Mordi and Uche Nworah walked into the lobby to deliver the letter and get a copy signed. We must however state that the embassy did not allow us take any photographs nor record the proceedings on video tape.

While we waited for the duo to come out, police officers swooped on us accusing us all that there was a report that we were restricting visitors and staff of the embassy from going in, we denied this and despite being angered maintained our cool: this was a diversionary tactic to derail us because there was obviously no reason why they must come armed to the teeth, dem no sabi how many times we don protest for Naija inside tear gas? Anne Mordi and Uche Nworah eventually came out and we proceeded to the barricaded traffic island provided by the Police where we had another confrontation. The chief officer wanted us to be caged but we protested this, Wale Akin and Uncle Tisha who had made initial arrangement with the Met Police had a quick discourse with the officer who eventually agreed to our argument. We protested, sang solidarity songs, distributed leaflets and posters to passersby and drivers. We left the Spanish Embassy at 2pm and proceeded to the Nigerian High Commission Building on Northumberland Avenue, London to also deliver a protest letter to the High Commissioner, HE Dr Christopher Kolade.

We were met with an initial stiff opposition which eventually melted and the duo of Uncle Tisha and Uche Nworah were invited into the building to deliver the letter and also get a copy signed. While we awaited the return of the duo, the official car of the Deputy High Commissioner, Mr Dozie Nwanna pulled into the diplomatic bay and the group approached him for an impromptu interview, he declined to be interviewed which resulted in a hot exchange of words that also went into a momentary free for all fight that brought the Police to calm the situation, we eventually got the letters signed and took our leave.

We must report at this juncture that the Deputy High Commissioner behaved in a manner not worthy of an Ambassador, he fought with our camera crew and wanted the cameras seized but we protested, to say that we were shocked was indeed an understatement! Nigerian public office holders need to know that they will be abused, heckled and painted black at all times, they need not mess up themselves in public!

We must therefore commend the participants for a job well done despite the low turn-out, Nigerians like to talk the talk but not work the work. Twenty one participants were involved in the protest in a country where there are over 2 Million Nigerians!!

Signed
UK Group

Ottawa, Canada

Just to inform you that the Ireland has been successfully concluded. The letter was presented and stamped, they have their own copies while we have ours. There were 12 or more Nigerians present, though only two persons were allowed into the office where the acceptance and stamping took place, the rest stayed outside (inside the embassy premises). The presentation was however captured in digital camera and the picture will form part of the final report.