Some Nigerian miners stranded in Central Africa Republic, CAR, have finally arrived at the Nigerian Embassy in Bangui.
The Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Mr. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, made this known on Wednesday.
The miners, in a video that went viral, had called for help.
Following the call, officials of the Nigerian Embassy and CAR security came to their rescue and accompanied them from their location to the capital.
The journey to Bangui, it was reported, took a number of days with the Nigerians, said to be victims of a Chinese national and a Nigerian agent who hired them for work in that country and abandoned them there without paying their remuneration for 11 months.
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They were said to be obviously traumatised, weak and distressed that they had to call for help to be rescued.
According to NiDCOM, the miners were already in the safe hands of officials of the Nigerian Embassy who would arrange their return back home.
The miners were said to have expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu , the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and staff of both countries, the Nigerian Embassy, the CAR security agencies and Nigerians who shared their stories.
The agent who lured them into the job scam, is said to be at the moment, based in Nigeria and has been identified and is expected to be prosecuted.
