The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduced, on Wednesday, {that a} group of Polish college students and a lecturer detained in Nigeria have been launched.
The University of Warsaw college students have been arrested earlier this month in Kano after being accused of elevating Russian flags throughout anti-government protests.
The protests, which started on August 1, drew tens of 1000’s of Nigerians, main youths, into the streets, fueled by widespread discontent over President Bola Tinubu’s financial reforms.
The reforms, together with the partial removing of gasoline and electrical energy subsidies and forex devaluation, have led to hovering inflation, inflicting extreme financial pressure throughout the nation.
Nigerian authorities initially claimed that the Polish nationals have been actively concerned within the protests by waving Russian flags—an act that raised considerations, given Russia’s rising presence in West Africa.
However, the Polish overseas ministry shortly dismissed these allegations, stating that the scholars have been merely close to the protest and never collaborating in it.
After their launch, the scholars remained in Kano, in accordance with a social media submit by the Polish overseas ministry, which expressed gratitude to these concerned in securing their freedom.
“The Polish students have been released and are in Kano,” the Polish overseas ministry mentioned in a submit on social media platform X. “Thank you to everyone involved in the release of the Polish citizens!”
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When requested after they would return to Poland, the MFA spokesman, Paweł Wroński, replied that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would organise transport as quickly as potential, however when precisely the scholars would return to Poland would rely on their particular person plans.
“I think they will be in the country by the end of the week,” Wroński mentioned, including that the University of Warsaw would even be concerned within the transport.
When requested why the scholars have been arrested, Wroński mentioned: “They were in the wrong place at the wrong time.”