Dabiri-Erewa called on parents to be weary of sending their wards to
Northern Cyprus, stated that the country was not recognized by the United Nations except the Republic of Turkey, added that Nigeria had no diplomatic
ties with country.
She insisted that the Country should be blacklisted given the preponderance of Nigerian Students who have died mysteriously in that country without any prosecution or compensation whatsoever.
She assured the delegation led by Justice Bello, that NIDCOM will work
with the Ministry of Justice, Nigerian Mission in Turkey and other
relevant agencies to ensure justice is done , saying “ the death of
Ibrahim khaleel Bello should be a tipping point to end the continuous
killings of Nigerian students in that Country.”
Dabiri-Erewa reiterated her appeals to Nigerian parents to desist in
sending their children to Northern Cyprus for any studies as most of the courses were not accredited and they end up killing the children., many of them unreported .
” The time has come for us to blacklist all these Universities in Northern Cyprus and advise our students from seeking any form of admission there as it portends danger to their life and future”, she said.
She however said that the office of the Attorney General of the Federation has already reported the matter to Interpol for further investigation.
Earlier in an emotion laden voice, Justice Amina Ahmad Bello, mother of the deceased, said her insistence on justice was not only for her son but also other Nigerian Students who have died mysteriously in the Girne American University Girne (Kyrenia), and other Universities in Northern Cyprus.
She narrated how her son was allegedly murdered and covered up by the authorities in Northern Cyprus as well as the University authorities claimed it was a suicide mission having fallen from a seven-storey building.
She insisted that the report be investigated and all those found
culpable be prosecuted as there was nothing to show that her son
committed suicide.
Justice Bello said hours before her son was killed, she spoke with him,
and he was expressing fears on his safety in the University environment.
” I don’t believe it was an accident or a suicide as i went to Cyprus
barely 24 hours it happened and got to the mortuary where there was no
scratch or wound on his body.
” I suspected foul play that my son was killed as the school was non-
challant in breaking the news to me on my arrival there”
Justice Bello said hours before the boy died, he sent her a WhatsApp
message that ” Mama, Please I want to come back home. Wallahi if i stay
here, I will just die here without anybody batting an eyelash. I just
need to come back home. Mama please try to understand that this isn’t a place for me”.
She alleged that it was possible some of the killed Nigerian students vital organs were harvested as her son’s stomach was opened and sutured when the corpse was finally released
Others were Gabriel Soriwei, a first year student of Electrical Electronics of Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Osabanjo Adeola Owoyale, 33, went missing and found dead on July 1, 2019.
The list included Augustine Wallies killed on April 19, 2019, Stanley
Eteimo, 28 years, Hassan Babatunde, 28, murdered, Temitayo Adigun, killed, Kubiat Abasi Abraham Okon, 24, killed, Oziegbe Gospower Airekugose and Olasubomi Ope among others not reported.
