Asylum seekers held in Nigeria
04/10/2007 13:54  - (SA)  

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Lagos - Police in Nigeria have arrested 12 Cameroonian asylum seekers in front of the United States embassy in Abuja, says a senior police officer, according to reports.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Nwaoha Uzoma said the suspects would be prosecuted for criminal conspiracy, joint act, unlawful assembly, inciting disturbances and criminal trespass, said reports.

Uzoma said the demonstrators carried placards with inscriptions: "Save our lives US government", "Southern Cameroonians need freedom" and "It is not a crime to seek asylum".

The Cameroonians claimed during investigation to be refugees from the United Nations camp in Lagos and had come to the US embassy to seek asylum.

Parts of south Cameroon were English-speaking like neighbouring Nigeria and activists there opposed what they saw as Francophone domination.

He added: "It is a source of embarrassment to the US government and to Nigeria to whom the embassy owes its protection."

- AFP

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