Chinese couple lock employees up, get arrested
8 Nigerian employees have accused a Chinese couple they work for of locking them inside for four months.
The Chinese couple who reside in Abuja has been arrested by the Nigerian police after their Nigerian employees claimed that they were locked up in their apartment for the past four months.
The employees have been in the couple’s residence in the Jabi area of Abuja for four months.
They were rescued by men of the Utako Divisional Police Station on Tuesday following a tip-off by a resident, who reported the incident to the Human Rights radio station.
A video shared by the International Centre for Investigative reporting shows the victims claiming they had been locked up in the apartment since February.
They said that their Chinese employers forbade them from leaving the house and those who dared to leave to get supplies were penalized with salary reduction.
One staff who was sick claimed the couple didn’t allow her to leave the house to seek medical help.
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