Nigerians protest student’s detention in Ukraine

Nigerians in Ukraine are protesting against the arrest of a Nigerian student for allegedly defending himself against six teenagers who attacked him at the entrance to his apartment.

The student, Olaolu Femi, is currently languishing in jail and may be facing life imprisonment in the Eastern European country.

African Outlook learnt that Femi was arrested after defending himself against his assailants with a broken bottle in the front of his apartment on November 5, 2011 in Luhanski.

Eyewitnesses told African Outlook that one of his friends was attacked in front of his apartment by four Ukrainian young men and two women who pulled them to the ground while hurling racist slurs on them.