Due to the viral battle in Satwa, Dubai reportedly forbade Nigerians from applying for visas.
The restriction was enacted as a result of the mayhem that certain Nigerian immigrants from Africa produced in the UAE.
Young males wielding machetes can be seen wrecking havoc in the neighborhood at night in a video from the event. They wrecked other buildings, ran after uninvolved homeowners, broke the side windows of a car, and generally caused trouble in the otherwise quiet neighborhood.
The troublemakers were detained by Dubai police, it was revealed days after the video went viral.
The Dubai administration allegedly went one step further and slowed down the visa application procedure for Nigerians.
Unverified sources state that Nigerian men under the age of 36 are not now eligible for visas from the Dubai government.
Nigerian actress Aremu Afolayan expressed regret that industrious Nigerians will be impacted by this decision made by the Dubai government while reacting from Dubai.
Nigerians, according to him, have a legal right to be in Dubai, and any Nigerians causing issues there are probably doing so illegally.
He added in a video, “Pick up the trouble makers and don’t use that to harm the livelihood of every other Nigerian.”
It would be incorrect to blame all Nigerians based on the behavior of a small number of them, he continued, because everyone is an immigrant in other nations.
“They deserve it since they cause trouble and kill each other. Put them in jail or do whatever else to them. However, there are innocent Nigerians who must be fed “Added he.
Additionally, he inquired as to what the Nigerian ambassador in Dubai was doing to assist Nigerians who were impacted by the ban.
