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Ex-Nigerian Ambassador Onoh Begs For US Green Card Over SaharaReporters’ Corruption Report, Tells Texas Court ‘I Want To Stay Here Permanently; I ......
Nov 7, 2024
She claimed that because of the article, she is seeking an asylum in the US for diplomats in danger so as to remain in the country “permanently”.
Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Namibia, Lilian Onoh, has told the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas that she is seeking permanent residence (Green Card) in Texas, US because of a SaharaReporters’ report accusing her of corruption.
She claimed that because of the article, she is seeking an asylum in the US for diplomats in danger so as to remain in the country “permanently”.
Onoh stated this in a 102-page affidavit submitted to the court on November 1, 2024, adding that the report titled “Nigerian Civil Service Commission Sacks Former High Commissioner to Namibia, Lilian Onoh, Over N50million Misappropriation, Recommends Trial by ICPC,” has prevented her from joining her church’s choir.
The civil action with no. 3:23-cv-02838-B was filed against Sahara Reporters Media Group, Inc., Sahara Reporters, Inc., and Omoyele Sowore, who are the defendants.
The affidavit was filed as the plaintiff’s (Onoh) response to the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s first amended complaint and supporting brief.
In her affidavit, Onoh identified herself as a citizen of Nigeria who previously served as the Nigerian Ambassador to Namibia, as the Head of Mission in Jamaica for Nigeria, and as a diplomat at the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York.
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