The Federal Government has threatened to review the bilateral relationship with Indonesia if it fails to bring the Indonesian immigration officials that assaulted a Nigerian diplomat to book.
The government stated this following a trending video showing the unnamed Nigerian diplomat being attacked by Indonesian officials in Jakarta. He was pinned down in a car and he could be heard shouting, ‘I can’t breathe.’
The FG had on Monday summoned the Indonesian ambassador in Nigeria, Dr Usra Harahap, who apologized on behalf of the Government of Indonesia.
But speaking on the development at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffry Onyeama, said the FG had received a full report of the incident, noting that the government condemned the assault on the diplomat by the Indonesian agents.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received a comprehensive report from the Nigerian ambassador in Indonesia on the manhandling and arrest of a Nigerian diplomat.
“The MFA had previously summoned the Indonesian ambassador to the ministry to express outrage and to protest strongly.
“After studying the report of the Nigerian ambassador, the Nigerian Government condemns in the strongest terms what is in effect an egregious act of international delinquency by Indonesian state actors against an accredited representative of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with absolutely no justification and against international law.”
The ministry reaffirmed its “resolve to protect the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians wherever they are in the world, and calls for calm as consultations continue,” he said.