CLO Protests Death Of Nigerian At Construction Site

The Civil Liberties
Organisation South East Zone, has  condemned the death of a Nigerian simply identified as Arinze, working with Arab Contractors Construction Company at their construction site at the new Enugu State secretariat, in front of the State Police Headquarters, Enugu.
The CLO’s condemnation which was made in a statement issued in Enugu last Thursday and signed by the Zonal Director, Barrister Olu Omotayo, stated that Arinze died as a result of injuries he sustained when he was allegdly pushed down from the 2nd floor of one of the buildings under construction by his superior identified as Abdul Lateef, from one of the Arab speaking countries.
It was gathered that the incident occurred  when the deceased and the suspect  who is a supervisor with the company had serious disagreement on how a particular work should be done.
Shortly after the incident, there was uproar in the company yard as other workers wanted to lynch the suspect, but for the timely intervention of the police from the state headquarters, who whisked the man away to safety.
According to the organzation, the young man was later rushed to the hospital, where  he was confirmed dead.
They thanked the Police authority for their timely intervention, adding,  “We condemn this barbaric act in all ramifications. This is not the first time we are receiving complaints of torture and brutalization of Nigerians by foreign workers working with some of these Construction companies. One of such was the case of Miracle Willy a worker with Setraco Construction Company, who was brutalized by his superior  Arab man at the company’s Mpu site.
The Arabman even went further to direct the security men attached to him to further torture Willy for allegedly stealing something at the site, despite our intervention, nothing was done by the company to redress the wrong, instead Willy was dismissed from work. All these show how Nigerians have always been treated with disdain by these so called expatriates in the construction companies in Nigeria”.
“We condemn the brutal killing of Arinze and demand that the Police charge Mr. Abdul Lateef for murder. Nigerians cannot continue to be treated like animals in their own country”, CLO said.
The Enugu state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ebere Amaraizu (DSP), confirmed the incident.