Rivers
State Command of the Immigration Service, yesterday arrested two staff
of Dresser-Rand Limited, a subsidiary of Siemens, a German multinational
telecommunications company.
Messrs
Douduo Sar and Lemuedo Neto, were arrested on the orders of the
Controller, Rivers State Command, I. A. Haliru. Both men were arrested
at Novotel Hotel, along Stadium Road, and detained at the immigration
headquarters, at the federal secretariat, along Aba Road.
While Sar is from Senegal, Neto is from Angola.
Sar and
Neto were drafted to Nigeria by Siemens to coordinate the termination
of the appointment of over 70 per cent of Nigerian workers, most of whom
have been working with Dresser-Rand for over10 years.
Mr.
Daniel Taylor, another expatriate, a Briton, who was has been invited by
the immigration service is said to be making moves to evade arrest
while arrangements are being made for him by some staff of Dresser-Rand
Limited, to sneak out of the country this weekend.
Mr.
Soalabo West, counsel to the Nigerian workers whose appointment are on
the verge of being summarily terminated, was seen at the office of the
controller, yesterday, morning. He confirmed the arrest of Messrs Sar
and Neto by the immigration service.
It was
learnt that Dresser-Rand, a Siemens subsidiary involved in oil and gas
servicing, has a reputation for violating expatriate quota and local
content laws.
A
source stated that about 10 expatriates working with Dresser-Rand in
Nigeria are doing so without the required legal documentation.
West,
who thanked the controller for his prompt intervention in the matter,
called upon officers of the immigration service “to rid Nigeria of all
foreigners working in illegally in country and ensure that justice in
all companies that are violating the nations expatriate quota and local
content laws”.
culled- starconnectmedia.com
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