UAE Cancels 3-Month Tourist Visa For Nigerians Over BDC Robbery

The United Arab Emirates has cancelled the three months tourist visa for Nigerian passport holders after the arrest of five Nigerians for robbery in Dubai in connection with the robbery of a Bureau De Change.

According to Africholiday, Nigeria passport holders are no longer eligible to three months UAE tourist visa. They are now restricted to one month, 96 hours and 48 hours UAE tourist Visa till further notice.

In extraordinary scenes this week, five Nigerians were arrested in Dubai for robbing a bureau de change and making away with Dh 2.3 million Dinars in Sharjah area of Dubai.

According to the police, the men barged into the exchange and smashed the glass barrier between the customers and the staff, stole the money in multiple currencies and fled.

The five suspects – Chimuanya Ozoh, Benjamin Ajah, Kingsley Ngoka, Tochukwu Alisi and Chile Ndunagu – were on visitors visas to the gulf city.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement by her media aide, Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Tuesday in Abuja condemned the action of the Nigerians.

She said their misguided action wasn’t a reflection of hardworking Nigerians around the world.