According to reports, the
Chinese couple locked up their Eight domestic workers since February and
maltreated them.
A Chinese couple in Abuja
has been arrested for locking up their Nigerian domestic employees in their
apartment for the past four months.
The police raided the
residence of the Chinese in the Jabi area of Abuja and took the unidentified
couple and their domestic employees to the station.
A lady, who did not give
her name, said the domestic workers were not allowed to move out of the
building and that the couple refused to allow her to go for treatment when she
took ill.
Chinese couple in Abuja
lock up their domestic staff.
She stated, “When I was
seriously sick, I asked these people (Chinese employers) to open the gate for
me, but they refused until I became very angry before they opened the door. I
know my life may be at risk but I don’t mind, let the world know what is
happening.
“They told us that if
someone was going out, he could help buy something for us, but when this man
(referring to a colleague) went out to buy sachet water, they deducted his
salary. What do they want us to do?
“We had to stay in the room
and talk to people through the windows. They didn’t give us food; apart from
the salary, they didn’t give us anything; they even cut our salaries.”
The driver of the Chinese,
who simply identified himself as Alex, said he and the seven others had been
working against their will for the couple since the outbreak of COVID-19 in
February.
Alex stated, “They never
allowed us to go out since February; if any of us went out and they know, a
certain percentage of the person’s salary would be deducted.
“Even on Monday when this
man (pointing at one of his co-workers) sent someone to buy water, N500 was
deducted from his salary that has yet to be paid.”
Another worker said the couple
deducted N3,000 from his salary because he went out to fill his pension form.
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