Foreign affairs minister summons Indonesian ambassador over assault on Nigerian diplomat

Foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama has summoned the Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria over the alleged assault on a Nigerian diplomatic agent in Jarkarta, Indonesia.

In a statement in Abuja Onyeama says  the unfortunate incident is against international law and the Vienna conventions governing diplomatic and consular relations between states. 

Onyeama said the manhandling and arrest of a Nigerian diplomatic agent in front of his official quarters on 7 August 2021 is unacceptable. 

The minister said the ambassador explained what he understood happened and apologized unreservedly on behalf of the government of Indonesia.

He added that the Nigerian government has sent an official protest to the government of Indonesia.

Onyeama also said that the ambassador of Nigeria to Indonesia has confirmed that the immigration officials involved had since come to the Nigerian embassy to apologize to the ambassador and the diplomat concerned.