The Nigerians in Diaspora
Commission (NIDCOM) has warned Nigerian parents against sending their children
to universities in Northern Cyprus over the incessant and mysterious killing of
Nigerians.
Ms. Abike Dabiri-Erewa,
Chairman/CEO of the commission, who gave the warning on Monday, said that it
was too risky to send children to the schools there as hundreds of Nigerian
students had been killed there mysteriously without any conclusive
investigations carried out.
Dabiri-Erewa said this when she
received in her office, a delegation led by Justice Amina Bello, mother of a
Nigerian student, Ibrahim Khaleel, who was allegedly killed in inexplicable
circumstances in that country, NAN reports.
She stressed that the death of
Khaleel, a third-year engineering student had brought to a tipping point the
incessant killing of Nigerian students in the country under baffling
circumstances.
The NIDCOM boss, who read out 15
names of Nigerians from a list of more than 100 who were killed in the country,
said it was difficult to employ international diplomacy in an investigation as
the country was only recognised by Turkey.
“The death of Ibrahim Khaleel
should be the tipping point to a stop in the killing of our children anywhere
in the World, particularly Northern Cyprus.
“It is not only Ibrahim. Kennedy
Dede 28, Augustine Ngok, Gabriel Sorewei, Osabanjo Owoyale, Augustine Wallace,
Stanley Eteno, Hassan Babatunde, Temitayo Adigun, and Kubat Abraham are just a
few of the ones that we even know.
“The problem is that most
Nigerian parents do not know that Northern Cyprus is not recognised by any
country in the World.
“It is not an UN-recognised
country. It is only recognised by Turkey.
“That is why we have not been
able to do much. Who do you report to? Thousands of Nigerian students are
schooling there, and I tell you that hundreds have been killed. Who do you take
these cases to?
“And they are killed in similar
circumstances. The school just tells you ‘well, they committed suicide’ and
nothing happens.
“We are going to list all these
names of Nigerians that have been killed, and we demand justice. There has been
no prosecution and no compensation.
“No Nigerian parent should send
their children to any university in Northern Cyprus – there is a collaboration
which we do not understand that makes them kill blacks, particularly our
Nigerian students,” she said.
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