We hereby call on the Federal Government and the presidential task force on COVID-19 to look into the plight of Nigerians being locked down in Chinese factories in Ogun Guangdong Free Trade Zone (OGFTZ) in Connivance with NEPZA officials which are loyal and sub- servant to the Chinese.

The NEPZA Zone Administrator - Mr Solomon Topa has not risen up to its duties to regulate and monitor the activities of the zone , he is only there for his monetary and selfish gains. He is a tool in the Chinese hands . Also working closely with him is one Mr Ofili Emmanuel who has been there for over six years and sees himself as a demi-god in the zone therefore enriching themselves through the maltreatment of Nigerians. As we speak there are Nigerians holed up in the factories in this pandemic time, workers are owed and all complaints to the zone Administrator ( Solomon Topa , at times through Emmanuel Ofili ) had proved abortive.

This lead to the riot in the zone and a continous riot is slated for today and weekend because workers are been locked in the facotries without PPE's and also nothing is protecting them against COVID-19.

Below is as reported in the dailies yesterday , we have not heard from the government , The workers plead with the government, NCDC and presidential task force on COVID-19 that the wont like to take things into there own hands.

https://punchng.com/lockdown-workers-set-chinese-companys-vehicle-ablaze-in-ogun/

Ogun State Police Commissioner, Kenneth Ebrimson
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta

Some aggrieved casual workers of a Chinese company in the Ogun Guangdong Free Trade Zone located at the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, have set ablaze one of the company’s vehicles and destroyed two others.

The dissatisfied workers reportedly protested against the company’s decision to lock them within the premises.



It was gathered that the decision to lock them up within the premises was part of measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to obey the two-week lockdown extension of the government,

The protesters in a video circulated on social media were heard saying, “No more, management. This management should have sorted this since yesterday, pay us at least two months’ salary”.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the incident had happened three days ago.

Oyeyemi said there was no unrest in the area, saying, it was just a protest without loss of life.

He said, “It happened two to three days ago. The Chinese company locked its casual workers inside the company since the beginning of the lockdown.

“The workers were now clamouring that they wanted to go home, demanding that the management pay them off. That was what actually sparked off the protest.”

“They set ablaze the company’s vehicle but not completely burnt. They also destroyed the windscreens of two vehicles.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/04/15/coronavirus-chinese-company-locks-nigerian-workers-inside-premises-ogun-refuses-allow

The Video below -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Q7Jtr9IlE&feature=emb_logo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuN4C4wyCn8