A Nigerian national based in Dublin, Ireland, Stanley Abayeneme, is facing prosecution for allegedly attacking his neighbour, Vilmantas Zutkis, following claims of racist abuse.
According to a report by Irish outlet Sunday World on Saturday, the High Court in Dublin refused Abayeneme’s request for an interim injunction to restrain Zutkis from allegedly directing racist abuse at him.
Abayeneme, who operates a car cleaning business in Tallaght, had told the court that Zutkis repeatedly subjected him to racial harassment.
“He will come to my unit and racially abuse me and my worker, John Onuigbo Obinna, calling us monkeys, placing bananas in front of our shop, and threatening us with deportation back to Nigeria in a container,” Abayeneme stated in his affidavit.
He further alleged that Zutkis’s behaviour was “aggressive and obstructive”, including threats to his staff, interference with his customers, and even a burglary in which he claimed to have lost €200,000 worth of cash and stock.
However, presiding Judge Justice Emily Egan, after reviewing video footage of an April incident, stated that the Nigerian businessman had not been entirely truthful in his account.
