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UAE Government Reportedly Sentences Nigerian Woman to One-Year Jail Term Over Twitter Post

Monday, October 24, 2022 at 9:00 AM by Aanu Adegun

A Nigerian lady has reportedly been jailed by the United Arab Emirates government over her post on social media
The lady in question was said to have posted on Twitter how she was detained together with other Nigerians despite possessing a valid visa
Meanwhile, many Nigerians on social media have condemned the Dubai government while backing the young lady

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A Nigerian woman, identified as @dunchichi on Twitter, has been reportedly sentenced to a one-year jail term by the United Arab Emirates government for a social media post, showing how some Nigerian nationals were illegally detained at Dubai international airport.

On 31st August, @dunchichi posted on Twitter how she was detained together with other Nigerians despite possessing a valid visa.

UAE jails Nigerian woman — UAE government sentences Nigerian woman to one-year jail term over Twitter post. Photo credit: Dunchichi
Source: Twitter

"I'm at Dubai international airport and myself and some tiger Nigerians with valid Visas are being held in a room hours after arriving with no explain and no information on what we can do. Please help me. There's more than 20 of us," she wrote.

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But another user, @jerrydoubles, who claimed to be her relative, on Saturday announced that @dunchichi had been sent to jail for an offence relating to her earlier post in Dubai

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He said, "It is sad and regrettably heartrending to tell you all that @dunchichi was sentenced on 12th Oct 22, to 1yr in jail in Dubai. Her family are devastated and Nigeria didn't save her."

"Her sentence came from the backdrop that she got a family visa to travel. But in fact, she was there with her sister. It got messy & complicated, she was released on arrival after being detained for several hours, only to be sentenced when she was returning to Nigeria.

"They are capitalising on the fact that she made a video then posted them on her Twitter timeline to narrate the ordeal. They said it's cybercrime in their country. She went ahead to delete it. Still, that didn't soften them. Now she is jailed #justicefordinci."