Former Nollywood actress, model and beauty queen, Regina Askia-Williams, has said that Nigerians in the diaspora will have to work under suspicion due to recent fraud accusations.
A 252-count federal grand jury indictment unsealed last Thursday charged the 77 Nigerians with participating in a massive conspiracy to steal millions of dollars through a variety of fraud schemes and launder the funds through a Los Angeles-based money laundering network.
In an Instagram post on Friday, the 52-year-old urged Nigerians abroad to continue working resiliently.
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“To all my honest hardworking Nigerian American brothers and sisters headed to work this morning, my prayers are with you. Brace up because a whole lot of stupid will be coming at you from round the block and back. Like the overarching racism culture was not degrading enough, we now have to walk in the shadow of suspicion by folks who should know better and by dusty ass folks with a negative balance in their account acting like you trying to steal something.
“Corporate America is notoriously unfriendly when it comes to the hardworking black immigrant. But our resilience and focus keep us rising above all that, rejecting the office of victim hood and taking it all in our stride,” she wrote.
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Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, while speaking on Channels TV on Monday, said the government would work with all nations to tackle criminality.
On the effect of FBI’s list on Nigeria’s image on the international scene, Shehu said the action of one Nigerian should not be taken as a representation of every Nigerian.
“The action of a single Nigerian is not the action of all Nigerians,” he said.
