Nigerian man doesn’t feel safe driving taxi

A NIGERIAN man said he doesn’t feel safe working as a taxi driver in Ennis, Co Clare.

Nigerian man doesn’t feel safe driving taxi

The taxi driver, Batholomew Omoifo, said: “For a coloured man, working as a taxi driver is very dangerous. I am afraid to go working because of previous experiences. One is very scared.”

Mr Omoifo, aged 36, was speaking after a man was jailed for nine months at Ennis District Court yesterday for the unprovoked assault on Mr Omoifo on June 5, 2010.

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