The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 554 (September 22 - October 5 2021) - USA Edition
Prison mass rape
Prison mass rape
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Diaspora<br />
UK Parliamentarians meet<br />
Nigerian Diaspora<br />
SEPTEMBER <strong>22</strong> - OCTOBER 5 <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Members of Parliament (MPs) in<br />
the United Kingdom have<br />
hosted a workshop with<br />
members of the Nigerian diaspora in<br />
Peckham in London’s Borough of<br />
Southwark.<br />
<strong>The</strong> House of Commons’ Foreign<br />
Affairs Committee hosted the workshop<br />
as part of the Committee’s parliamentary<br />
inquiry into the relationship between the<br />
UK and Nigeria. <strong>The</strong> purpose of the<br />
session was to hear from those with ties<br />
to both Nigeria and Britain.<br />
Foreign Affairs Committee Chair -<br />
Tom Tugendhat MP, led the workshop,<br />
alongside another Committee Member:<br />
Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP -<br />
Neil Coyle.<br />
Southwark includes one of the largest<br />
Nigeria diaspora populations in the UK.<br />
MPs broke off into groups with<br />
attendees, with each group focusing on a<br />
different topic, such as Nigerian SME<br />
businesses and trade, education, and<br />
security and governance. <strong>The</strong> discussion<br />
groups then fed their conclusions back to<br />
the wider group.<br />
Tom Tugendhat MP, said: “<strong>The</strong><br />
Nigerian community is a growing<br />
community with interests that we share.<br />
You, the diaspora, act as a living bridge<br />
between our two communities, the UK<br />
and Nigeria.<br />
“During the course of this inquiry we<br />
have been reminded of the creativity and<br />
innovation generated from Nigeria and its<br />
diaspora. Some of us have personally<br />
experienced the warmth of your culture<br />
both in the UK and in Nigeria and for<br />
others of us, this is a new experience.<br />
“We want to hear from you who know<br />
it best. We know Nigeria faces challenges<br />
as well as opportunities. We want to hear<br />
what these are and how the UK<br />
Government should partner with Nigeria<br />
in the coming years.”<br />
After the session, Neil Coyle MP,<br />
said: “Hearing from members of the<br />
Nigerian diaspora has been invaluable,<br />
and the conversations had today will play<br />
an important role in shaping our inquiry.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Nigerian diaspora possess a wealth<br />
of knowledge and a richness of<br />
Southwark session<br />
understanding that can only be gained<br />
through lived experience.<br />
“I would like to thank the Southwark<br />
Nigeria community for deputising for<br />
Lagos. Nigeria and the UK already share<br />
close bonds, but from today’s session it<br />
is clear that the UK can do more to<br />
support Nigerians, and to enable our<br />
countries to work closely together.”<br />
Police renew appeal<br />
20 years after torso<br />
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found in Thames<br />
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His torso was clothed in a pair of orange shorts<br />
their efforts to identify those responsible for<br />
this murder of a young child and ask<br />
anyone with information that could assist<br />
them to come forward.<br />
Detective Chief Inspector Kate Kieran,<br />
a homicide detective from the Met’s<br />
Specialist Crime Command, said: “It is<br />
incredibly sad and frustrating that Adam’s<br />
murder remains unsolved. <strong>The</strong> Homicide<br />
Command has been working tirelessly over<br />
the years to find out who is responsible.<br />
“We recognise people may not have<br />
wanted to speak up at the time and may<br />
have felt loyal to the person or people<br />
involved in this.<br />
“However, over the past 20 years,<br />
allegiances and relationships may have<br />
changed and some people may now feel<br />
more comfortable talking to us. We implore<br />
them be bold and come forward if they<br />
know something, so that we can finally<br />
deliver justice once and for all.<br />
“No matter how old or small that<br />
information may seem, it really could make<br />
all the difference.<br />
“This young boy has not and will not be<br />
forgotten. He deserved better and we will<br />
not give up on him.”<br />
A woman was previously arrested on<br />
suspicion of murder, she was later bailed<br />
and released with no further action. A man<br />
was previously arrested and interviewed in<br />
connection with the possible trafficking of<br />
Adam into the UK. He was later bailed and<br />
released with no further action. Another<br />
man was also arrested and interviewed on<br />
suspicion of alleged trafficking offences.<br />
He was later bailed and released with no<br />
further action.<br />
Anyone with information relating this<br />
case should contact police on 101, Tweet<br />
@MetCC or call Crimestoppers<br />
anonymously on 0800 555 111.