The Senate has moved a motion to investigate the alleged killings and imprisonment of over 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia.

This followed a motion sponsored by the Minority Leader, Senator SIMON MWADKWON, representing Plateau North, and Senator VICTOR UMEH, representing Anambra Central.

Presenting the motion, Senator MWADKWON urged the Senate to direct the Committees on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs to work with the Federal Government to immediately constitute a committee to visit the Republic of Ethiopia with a view to investigating what is happening to Nigerians in the foreign land. 

He also called on the Federal Government to immediately direct the Ethiopian embassy to collaborate with the delegation of the Senate Committees on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs to find a lasting solution to problems being faced and encountered by Nigerians who are held in Ethiopia.