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FG to look into Nigerian citizen's death in Ethiopian prison

The Federal Government will begin an investigation into the death of a Nigerian citizen named Chizoba Favour Eze who passed away while incarcerated in Ethiopia, according to a statement from the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). What happened: According to reports, police personnel assaulted Eze while she was incarcerated at Addis Abeba's Kaliti prison, a maximum security facility. How it was confirmed: The news was reported by a number of sources, and on March 15, 2023, in Abuja, Mr. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Chief of NIDCOM's Media, Public Relations, and Protocols Unit, made a statement in which he confirmed the incident.