Help! Nigerian miners accuse Chinese firm of abandoning them in Central African Republic

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Some Nigerians have accused a Chinese mining company of abandoning them in the Central African Republic (CAR) after recruiting them to work in a mining operation.

In a video that began circulating online on Thursday, an unnamed man — flanked by five others — claimed the group had worked for six months without pay.

He said the group arrived in CAR last September but were arrested by authorities in Bangui, the capital, and held for four months.

“When we came out they brought us to this bush, you can see there is no house anywhere here,” the man said, gesturing toward a sparsely populated rural area.

“The person in charge, the Nigerian general manager of the company. His name is …Ademola Aregbe. He has gone back to Nigeria, and when we called him, he said too he’s not concerned about our wellbeing anymore,” he added.

“He abandoned us,” another man chimed in.

“Now, his partner; his name is Amos, he’s a Central African citizen,” the main speaker continued.

“He seized our passport. Without our passport, we cannot pass through their road because their law is very very strict here. The distance between this place to Bangui is 850 kilometres.

”So, please Nigerians, if there’s a way you can help us. Please spread this video. Let them know that some Nigerians have been abandoned in Central Africa.”

The man identified the group’s location to be at Senye, a village in the  of CAR.