Hindustan
Times via Getty Images: One of the injured admitted at Kailash Hospital
post-violence on Monday evening in racial attacks on African nationals near
Pari Chowk on March 28, 2017 in Greater Noida.
The
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora,
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged Nigerians in India to remain calm and be watchful
of their surroundings.
It
comes after multiple distress calls by Nigerian students in India on concerns
on their safety as a result of renewed attacks on them.
Four
Nigerian students in India were attacked by a mob during a candle-light march
for a teen boy who died of suspected drug overdose.
Dabiri-Erewa,
in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, condemned the mob action as unwarranted
and deplorable.
The
presidential aide, however, commended Indian government for immediate and
prompt action and the arrest of five suspects.
Dabiri-Erewa
noted that though the situation was calm at the moment, she urged the Indian
government to protect Nigerian students in India going about their normal
duties.
She
said the Nigerian Charge d'Affairs in India,
Queen Worlu, has promptly visited the scene of the incident and also
visited the three patients in hospital.
She
urged the Indian government to ensure that any alleged suspect should be
promptly tried and prosecuted, if found guilty.
"I
have also spoken with Mr Charles Kennedy, President of the students'
association in Greater Noida where the attacks occurred. He said though a
Kenyan girl who was walking alone in the early hours of [Wednesday] was
attacked; more police patrol vehicles have been deployed to all areas.
"He
confirmed that the situation is calm and is pleased with the prompt actions of
the Charge d'Affairs in India and the Indian government so far", she said
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