By Danjuma Amodu | March 13, 2026
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) is seeking official reasons for the detention of 42 Nigerians in Mozambique, as the country’s National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) denies detaining other nationals besides Nigerians. The Nigerian High Commission hasn’t been officially notified, and families are worried about the detainees’ conditions.
The commission demands the authorities either charge them to court or release them. The detainees, all legal residents in Mozambique, were allegedly beaten, had their belongings confiscated, and are in need of medical attention.
NIDCOM Chair, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, described the arrest as “disturbing” and “unacceptable,” suggesting possible xenophobia. She urged Mozambican authorities to either release the detainees or formally charge them in court.
Here is the list of 42 Nigerians arrested in Mozambique:
- AUGUSTINE CHUKWUKA OKEKE
- MAXIMUS ANAYO
- OKECHUKWU BENJAMIN ECHE
- ANAEROBI IKENNA MARTINS
- STEPHEN ANAYO OKONGWE
- ONWUJEWE RAYMOND
- CHUKWUNAZOR0M DONATUS JOHN
- AGINAM CHUKWUENYEM DAVID
- COLLINS ADERITO UZOEWULU
- OKONKWO NNAMDI JOHNPAUL
- ONWUNYILI LAWRECE CHUKWUEMEKA
- UGOCHUKWU VALENTINE EZECHIEDUM
- NNAMDI OKECHUKWU
- CELESTINE OKALU
- GOODLUCK CHUKWUNYERE EPHRAIN
- EBUKA AMUH PABLO
- CHUKWUEMEKA STEVEN UGWU
- CISLOUYINDIKA IFEANYI EZEIFEOMA
- CHINEDU DANIEL IGWILO
- IDEH SAMUEL EZINWA
- OGOCHUKWU MICHAEL OKONKWOR
- OKECHUKWU CHRISTOPHER
- CHINEDU OKEKE
- CHUKWUEBUKA TOBECHUKWU ORAKA
- SIMON NNAEMEKA
- ONYEKA EMMANUEL UFONDO
- CHIDERA CHRISTOPHER
- NZUBE KINGSLEY EBERE
- EKENE SAMUEL NWANA
- CHRISTIAN EMEKA MUOKA
- GERALD EMEKA GODWIN
- OGU INYANG
- OLUEBUBECHUKWU VICTOR MADUKA
- ONYEDIKA KINGSLEY
- DONATUS UCHI
- CHINECHEREM ALU
- EMMANUEL ANENE UGWU
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- MARTIN TOCHUKWU MBAKWE
- IKECHUKWU NWALI
- LOTANNA OKEKE
- EMEKA HENRY EKENTA
