Nigerian diplomat critical of ‘political silence’ on racism

A NIGERIAN diplomat has broken with long-established protocol to criticise the Government’s lack of leadership on the issue of growing racism in Ireland.

Dr Georges O Alabi, the deputy head of mission at the Nigerian Embassy in Dublin, made the unprecedented attack during a press conference organised following several recent violent attacks on immigrants, including the fatal assault on a Nigerian taxi driver in Dublin earlier this week.

Dr Alabi said he felt the need to speak out on the subject because he could not ignore the welfare of Nigerians and other Africans living in Ireland.