Nigerian worker with N400K after
torturing her
The Lebanese business owners,
Joseph and Hala Yazbeck, who
severely tortured a Nigerian
woman working for them, Grace
Okpara, are making moves to settle
the matter amicably by offering her
the sum of N400,000 so as to settle
the case away from the police.
The celebrated case made the
headlines few days ago when it was
reported that woman who was a
cleaner at Buildwell Plant and
Equipment Industry Limited, a
logistics company located along the
Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, where
the couple are said to be directors,
was brutalized by the Lebanese
wife and her husband and in the
process, Okpara sustained serious
injuries and had to be hospitalized.
She also reported the case to the
Ibafo Police Station in Ogun State,
but the Yazbecks do not want the
case to go beyond the police and
are prepared to settle her.
Reports have it that the Delta State
born woman was made the offer
during a peace meeting called by
the Divisional Police Officer of the
station in a bid to settle the issue.
But Okpara is said to refused
collecting the money, choosing
instead to have the matter charged
to court as soon as the striking judi
ciary workers resumed duties.
She says she wants to use as case to
serve a deterrent to other
foreigners who maltreat Nigerian
staff, treating them as lesser people.
Okpara narrates that prior to the
torture incident, the woman, Hala,
had been a thorn in her flesh right
from when she began working with
the company four years ago. She
said that torturing workers was a
common occurrence in the
company.
According to her, Lebanese em
ployers often brag about how they
have bought the Nigerian system,
claiming that even if they kill a
Nigerian working in their
companies, the government would
not do anything against them.
