A German, whose name was given as Reinhardt Fleischer was, on Wednesday, detained by the police in the National Assembly, Abuja, for beating a Nigerian, John Adeniyi, into a state of unconsciousness.
Both Fleischer and the Nigerian are staff of the German company, Julius Berger, which is handling some projects in the National Assembly. Eyewitnesses confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune that Fleischer was infuriated that John was allegedly sitting down on site doing nothing at 9.24 a.m.
The German was said to have engaged the Nigerian in an argument which later became violent. Fleischer, according to witnesses, attempted to confiscate Adeniyi’s identity card, an attempt that was rebuffed by the Nigerian.
It was learnt that the Nigerian’s attempt to take a picture of the furious German was aborted . The German was then said to have become irritated and he was said to have kicked the Nigerian on his private part.
The Nigerian immediately fainted. As efforts were being made to revive him, other Nigerians at the site were said to have moved to intervene to save their colleague.
Adeniyi was then rushed to the nearby Julius Berger Clinic in the National Assembly where he was later rushed to the main Julius Berger clinic at Life Camp, Abuja .