A worker with Bedmate Furniture Company, Magboro , Ogun State , William Ekanem, is in pain after his spinal bone was allegedly damaged by his Chinese boss, identified as Master Wan.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Master Wan, who is skilled in kung fu , had demanded to see a bag of rice which Ekanem bought from a foodstuffs seller , identified as Iya Melo, on the premises of the company .
The 27 -year-old had reportedly challenged the Chinese for poking his nose into his personal business.
After forcefully checking the content , Ekanem said he was leaving when Master Wan allegedly gave him a kick in the back , which sent him sprawling on the ground.
The suspect was said to have stamped his foot on the victim before he was rescued by some other workers on the premises.
Our correspondent gathered that since the incident , Ekanem had not been able to walk well or stand straight.
The victim said although the case was reported at the Ibafo Police Station, the Divisional Crime Officer allegedly took a N 50 , 000 bribe from the Chinese company .
He was said to have backed the company against the Uyo , Akwa Ibom State indigene, who was accused of exaggerating the assault .
Ekanem, during a chat with our correspondent, noted that the incident happened sometime in April .
He said , “ I joined the company on January 7 , 2007 and rose to become a foreman , overseeing black workers in a department of the company . Despite working for long, my salary is only N 34 , 000. I don ’ t have an identity card and I am not a member of staff just like the rest of the over 300 workers at the company .
“ Sometime in April 2017 , I approached the foodstuffs seller on the premises to give me rice and groundnut oil on credit pending when we would be paid our salaries at the end of the month.
“ I was taking the foodstuffs to the office when Master Wan demanded to know what was inside the bag . Because he didn’ t understand English , I simply said , ‘ rice, chop -chop ’ .
“ He dipped his fingers into the sack and checked it. I protested against the action. He hit me in the chest as I collected my bag from him. I was walking away when he suddenly gave me a kung fu kick from the back . I fell . He charged at me with his foot and pinned me to the ground. I lay on the floor and started groaning with pain as some people came to drag him away from me. ”
He said he was thereafter taken to a private hospital in the Arepo area, where he was given an injection .
PUNCH Metro learnt that the company gave Ekanem N 10 , 000 for his medical expenses , while the company ’ s Nigerian manager, identified only as Lekan , assured the hospital that Bedmate would pay for all the expenses .
He was said to have been asked to go home by the doctor , who said a specialist would be contacted to treat him.
Upon Ekanem’ s return to the hospital the following Monday , it was learnt that the result of a test he did showed his spinal cord had “ shifted ” .
The doctor reportedly gave him a list of drugs and asked him to take time off to rest.
The victim said the pain , , however , aggravated as he could no longer sleep .
Around that time , Ekanem ’ s pregnant wife reportedly gave birth.
“ I went to the company to collect my N 34 , 000 salary. When I got there, they gave me N 24 , 000 and said they had removed the N 10 , 000 they gave me for my feeding and treatment at the hospital. . I broke down in tears at the company . I could not believe they could treat me so shabbily . I left in anger. I was thinking about the situation on the road when I slumped , ” he added .
He said together with a friend and some rights activists , the case was reported at the Ibafo Police Station.
PUNCH Metro was told that the Ibafo DCO detailed two policemen to join Ekanem in arresting the Chinese man at the company on that Friday.
Master Wan, however , reportedly fled and went into hiding on sighting the policemen at the company .
The policemen were said to have been kept waiting for over two hours on the company premises as Lekan, the Nigerian manager , reprimanded Ekanem for inviting the police .
“ When it was getting dark, Lekan promised to bring Master Wan to the station by 10 am the following Monday . He followed us back to the station and promised the DCO that he would personally bring the man . He gave the DCO N 50 , 000 in our presence, ” the victim said.
Our correspondent was told that by 8am on Monday , Lekan , the Chinese head of the company and others arrived at the station without the suspect .
Ekanem said he was called by his brother, who asked him to hurry to the station.
The DCO allegedly supported the company and scolded Ekanem ’ s brother for not resolving the issue amicably .
“ I started crying . I told him that if I were his son , would he say such a thing to me ? Shortly after, the Chinese head asked me and my brother to excuse them . As we were stepping out, I sighted him giving the DCO another envelope .
“ Our lawyer arrived shortly after and started an argument with them . The lawyer threatened to report the DCO to the Area Command and transfer the case from the division, ” the 27 -year-old added .
It was learnt that the police later referred the victim to another private facility, Divine Touch Hospital, Ibafo .
Lekan, the Nigerian manager , was alleged to have pressured Ekanem to drop the case , saying he could not fight the Chinese company due to his poor background.
He was reportedly abandoned at the hospital for two weeks , as the police and the company refused to care for him.
The matter was subsequently transferred to the Sagamu Area Command.
Ekanem was said to have been referred for further checks and treatment at the General Hospital, Owode.
The company ’ s lawyer , Ayo Durojaiye , later said the company had decided to give the victim N 134, 000 .
“ The lawyer said it was because I was hungry that I looked malnourished. He said the company had instructed that I should spend N 100, 000 on my feeding , and take N 34 , 000 as my salary. He said I could return to work afterwards . My lawyer disagreed with him and expressed disgust over my treatment, ” he added .
Ekanem’ s lawyer , Felix Emeruwa, demanded an apology from the company and payment of N 50 m compensation.
Emeruwa, in a letter addressed to the Area Commander , Shagamu Command, accused the company of attempting to suppress justice in a case of assault occasioning harm, inhuman treatment and discrimination .
The lawyer also accused the Arepo hospital of compromising medical ethics in order to please the Chinese company .
“ As we speak , our client is seriously emaciated, suffering several pains at the back and dying gradually as a result of the attack on him by the Chinese man . We believe that the spinal cord of our client is now seriously affected . We consider the action of Master Wan as cruel, wicked and an attempt to subject the life of our client to the sacred form of sadism, ” the letter read in part .
A medical test conducted by Divine Touch Hospital, according to Emeruwa, revealed that Ekanem suffered “ loss of lumbo , sacral curvature , and associated muscular spasm resulting in his inability to walk, bend and flex. ”
When contacted , Dr Dotun Odofin of Divine Touch Hospital, said for the two weeks that he treated Ekanem , Bedmate did not pay him anything , adding that instead, he spent his personal money on the patient.
He said , “ Physical examination showed that there is a loss of curvature . The effect of that is that there is a problem with his mobility . He cannot stand straight or walk freely . I brought in a physiotherapist for the treatment. What he actually needed was to complete his treatment which will span for a month.
“ He does not need any surgery or any other treatment. The physiotherapist charged N 100 , 000 for one month and two weeks treatment.
“ While he was here , I made a deposit of N 10 , 000 for him. Nobody has given me anything. I was even the one feeding him. I gave him N 500 every day . ”
The doctor at the Owode general hospital, who did not want to be identified, said the victim was not exaggerating the effect of the assault .
The Nigerian manager of Bedmate , Lekan, insisted that the victim was pretending, adding that he could not talk about the incident .
“ I can ’ t say anything on it because I was not there when it happened between them . The only thing I know is that the guy is pretending , ” he said .
The company ’ s lawyer, Durojaiye , promised to get back to our correspondent after a meeting with Ekanem’ s lawyer, Emeruwa .
He did not get back as of press time and did not reply calls and a text message sent by our correspondent.
A musician and member of the Peace Messengers, Rachael Sparkle , described the incident as sad .
She said efforts by her group to settle the case had been frustrated by the company , who treated them with disdain.
Her husband, Ras Sparkle Black Moses , said, “ It is unbelievable that these Chinese men can come to our country and treat us as they like . Can you imagine that up till now , the police have not arrested this man ? They don ’ t even care . ”
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi , said the Divisional Police Officer of the Ibafo Police Station was on special duties in Maiduguri .
“ I am trying to get in touch with one of the officers at the station . I will get back as soon as I get a feedback from Ibafo , ” he added .

Konfu in Nigerian...Abeg make pesin dash the Chinese man small stroke

lol..kung fu of life..

Sad story!

Its totally unbelievable that anyone can come into Nigeria and treat us anyway they like.Unbelievable.
That doctor dotun is a kind man God bless him.
Tbh,the only thing the NPF is good at is bribery.Morons.

Very sad !

modern day slavery.

Why are Nigerians this vulnerable They maltreat us in their country and in our our own country we cant get justice against them because of corruption.


Na wah for us oh.


Quick recovery and hope justice is done fast.

Na Wa Ooo

Nigeria police is her to serve the person with the fattest pocket

Nollywood Movie:
Kungfu Boss

I don't completely agree with this report because it seems to make it look as if the Chinese was being placed above the law, which is very unlikely.

However, a case of physical attack by a foreigner on the citizens of the host country where he enjoys reasonable social privileges even above the citizens is not a case to be taken lightly.

This is why I feel the DPO of that police station needs a psychiatrist asap.

I don't like long stories.. but that Chinese man Don trespas o

Wt rubbish

Hausa Fulani herdsmen has been killing Nigerians enmasse without hindrance ... No Biggy joor!

Maybe the Chinese man learnt the valuelessness of Naija lives from Buharrri who has refused to stop his killer brothers from killing harpless Nigerians.

It high time we the youths of these nation rise and take charge of our destiny since the old man we left in control seem to be heavily occupied with the thoughts and activities of embezzling funds and further plunging us deeper into slavery and servitude.

Our Endurance level is way too high and it sickening.
These cannot happen in South Africa. By now the media will be agog with news of how some south African youths stormed a Chinese owned Company,looted and sacked the whole place while leaving the Chinese citizens in a pool of their own blood for having the effrontery of maltreating a South African in his home land.

Nigerian Youths wake up...

what do we expect when we have one useless coma induced 93years old Fulani vegetable as a president.... how do we arrive here I blame the useless yellowbar demons and their stupid unrealistic selfish political ambition

LionDeLeo:
I don't completely agree with this report because it seems to make it look as if the Chinese was being placed above the law, which is very unlikely.

It is actually more than likely
Nigerians have no dignity at home and abroad

At home

http://punchng.com/chinese-cuts-off-nigerian-workers-finger-in-criver/

A Chinese worker, identified as Njaga Chang, has cut off one of the right fingers of his Nigerian colleague at the Xin Xin Quarry in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State.

The 23-year-old Nigerian victim, Nsikak Tommy, was said to have incurred the wrath of the Chinese for failing to quickly turn on the generator at the quarry site

“But as Tommy tried to escape from the assault, Chang chased him with a machete. He first deflated the tyres of Tommy’s motorcycle to prevent him from fleeing and tried to cut his head. Instinctively, Tommy raised his hand to block the cut aimed at his head. In the process, the machete cut off one of his fingers.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2002/09/fire-s25.html

At least 45 workers lost their lives on the night of September 15 when a fire swept through a Nigerian plastics factory—West Africa Rubber Products Limited—in the Odoguny Industrial Estate, Ikorodu, 40 kilometres north of Lagos. The fire gutted the factory and the adjacent Super Engineering Limited, both of which are owned by a conglomerate based in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

According to Reuters, Nigerian newspapers put the death toll at hundreds, saying that scores of night shift workers are still missing.
Badly burned workers told an AFP news agency reporter that they had found doors bolted when they tried to escape. “Smoke filled everywhere and it was difficult to see any escape route,” said 22-year-old Said Adesina, one of the injured workers being treated in hospital. “I had to descend the spiral staircase to the ground floor. When I got down, the three entrance doors were locked and I had to go back to look for another escape route,” he said. He told AFP that only three out of the 40 workers in his section of the plant had survived.

Asukuo Umana, another survivor, said, “I work at the refining section. When I saw that the fire had covered the whole place and the main gate was locked, I jumped down from upstairs and ran towards the main gate (where rod is processed). The gate was locked.” A Chinese resident came from his house and helped him to force the gate.

Abroad
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/nigerians-africa-living-fear-attacks-170221155456218.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aMC77NzuCQ

The Kungfu boss has violated the Martial arts rules; Don't Fight. Only if i was there, i would have taken him on.

Karate association of Nigeria should look into this.

chiwetaluAGU:
Hausa Fulani herdsmen has been killing Nigerians enmasse without hindrance ... No Biggy joor!

Maybe the Chinese man learnt the valuelessness of Naija lives from Buharrri who has refused to stop his killer brothers from killing harpless Nigerians.

Including the Nigeians killed in South Africa under Jonathan