Nigerian worker gets Finger chopped off by angry Chinese boss

A Chinese worker, identified as Njaga Chang, has cut off one of the right fingers of his Nigerian colleague at the Xin Xin Quarry in Akamkpa Local Government
Area of Cross River State.
The 23-year-old Nigerian victim, Nsikak Tommy, was
said to have incurred the wrath of the Chinese for
failing to

quickly turn on the generator at the
quarry site.
Chang was said to have initially attacked Tommy
with a water hose but later resorted to the use of
machete when the victim took to his heels.
Narrating the incident to Southern City News on
Sunday, an eyewitness, Ene Bassey, said the Chinese
was quickly taken away to an unknown destination in
Calabar after the incident happened.
“The incident happened at about 4.30 pm on
Saturday. The Chinese man was angered by the
Nigerian’s slow response when he was told to turn on
a generator at the quarry. Chang had initially
started with insults on the Nigerian, but later
attacked Nsikak Tommy with a water hose.
“But as Tommy tried to escape from the assault,
Chang chased him with a machete. He first deflated
the tyres of Tommy’s motorcycle to prevent him from
fleeing and tried to cut his head. Instinctively,
Tommy raised his hand to block the cut aimed at his
head. In the process, the machete cut off one of his
fingers. He was left in a pool of blood as he cried
for help. After the incident, owners of the Xin Xin
Quarry, who also own two other quarries in Akamkpa
known as Expanded and Fughou Quarries, rather than
attend to the injured man, ferried the Chinese man
to Calabar and had him hidden.
“It was Tommy’s fellow Nigerian workers at the
quarry that managed to take him for treatment at
the Bakor Medical Centre in Calabar,” Bassey said.
Southern City News learnt that the police in
Akamkpa arrested and later released Chang on bail.
Confirming the arrest, the state Police Public
Relations Officer, Mr. John Eluu, said he got
confirmation from the Divisional Police Officer in
charge of the Akamkpa division that Chang was
arrested but released on bail after they had agreed
to settle the matter.
Eluu said, “Yes, I got confirmation from the DPO
that the Chinese national was arrested and taken to
Akamkpa, but was later released on bail. They
agreed to settle the matter amicably amongst
themselves.”