Cecil Pinto sent me the following link:<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newz66.com%2Ffearing-crack-down-nigerians-in-goa-flee-to-mumbai-claim-two-goa-bjp-mlas-supporting-killers%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHLpYy_64eIzLB00lyUt_g1TjT4tA>
<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newz66.com%2Ffearing-crack-down-nigerians-in-goa-flee-to-mumbai-claim-two-goa-bjp-mlas-supporting-killers%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHLpYy_64eIzLB00lyUt_g1TjT4tA> http://www.newz66.com/fearing-crack-down-nigerians-in-goa-flee-to-mumbai-claim-two-goa-bjp-mlas-supporting-killers/<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newz66.com%2Ffearing-crack-down-nigerians-in-goa-flee-to-mumbai-claim-two-goa-bjp-mlas-supporting-killers%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHLpYy_64eIzLB00lyUt_g1TjT4tA> *By Flynn Remedios – Newz66 Mumbai Bureau | Friday 1st November 1, 2013 | 23.00 HRS IST* * * *At least over a 100 Nigerians fled the State of Goa on Thursday night to reach Mumbai on Friday, fearing a widespread crackdown against them. Vakola near Santa cruz East in suburban Mumbai and Mira Road on the outskirts of Mumbai are known to be Nigerian and African strongholds with almost 300 Nigerians living in Mira Road itself. Some Nigerians have married Indian women from the lower strata of society including house maids and domestic helps which enables them to get local support here.* *Speaking to Newz66.com they said, “We have run away from Goa as we fear a witch hunt. Not all Nigerians are drug peddlers and criminals. By nature, many Nigerians are boisterous and loud, but this does not make us criminals. This is a regional or biological trait and Goans have taken us to be foul-mouthed and brazen.” * *One of them who identified himself as Paul Simeon (name changed) spoke on behalf of the Nigerians fleeing Goa saying, “There are over 1.2 million Indians living and working in Nigeria and many Indians too are hyper-charged. We protested on the roads because the police refused to take down the details of the killers which we were trying to give them. There was a communication gap initially and the lower category police officers did not listen to us. All we asked them was we wanted to check the body of our murdered brother as we feared the killers could have planted drugs on his corpse to make him look like a drug peddler. We wanted a proper panchnama to be done before the body could be sent for post mortem. It is a known fact that police in India plant drugs and contraband on the bodies of victims and even those arrested for their own ulterior motives. Many of our brethren are victims of false cases planted on them by the ANC and NCB. We wanted two of our people to accompany the body and be present during the post mortem to ensure that there was no hanky panky. But the police refused promoting some hot-bloodied Nigerians to take the law in their own hands. “ **Simeon claimed that two BJP MLAs were involved in the murder and were protecting the actual killers, some of them connected with the drug trade. * *“Most Nigerians involved in the drug trade in Goa are only carriers or transporters – the big bosses who make the deals are closely connected with the political class in Goa. Some of them are business men and run pubs, hotels and bars in Goa and nobody dare touch them. There has been a smear campaign going on against Nigerians in North Goa for the last one month as the small Nigerian peddlers would sell stuff at cheaper rates as they did it only to earn their living and survive. Some drug lords in Goa felt threatened as their profits began to get hit. We are not professional drug runners. Sometimes out of poverty and frustration our brethren take to either doing drugs themselves and then in order to earn money for their daily fix take to selling small amounts of banned narcotic substances. However, the prices are all decided by the bosses who will not allow any peddler to sell at a lower rate,” claimed Simeon.* -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350