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Over 100 Nigerian students killed in four years – NiDCOM

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission said on Monday that no fewer than 100 Nigerian students studying in Northern Cyprus have been killed between 2016 and 2020.

The commission lamented that the Nigerian students were killed in mysterious circumstances while their assailants were never prosecuted for the crime.

A statement on Monday by NiDCOM said the 100 victims included 25-year-old Ibrahim Bello, son of Justice Amina Bello of the Kaduna State High Court.

“Other victims include Kennedy Taomwabwa Dede, 28, student of Eastern Mediterranean University killed on February 1, 2018; Walshak Augustine Ngok, a student of Marine Engineering at Near East University, murdered on April 19, 2019,” the statement said.

The statement, signed by NiDCOM media officer, Gabriel Odu, was titled, “Death of Ibrahim Bello: NiDCOM demands justice, urges students to avoid Northern Cyprus universities.”

According to the statement, Justice Bello was at the commission’s office in Abuja to plead with the Federal Government to assist her in bringing the murderers of her son to justice.

Ibrahim, a student at the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, was killed in suspicious circumstances by unknown persons in October last year.

But the authorities claimed the third year Civil Engineering student of Girne American University in Girne (Kyrenia), committed suicide by jumping from a seven-storey building.

Presenting a petition on the alleged murder to the Chairman, NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in Abuja on Monday, the bereaved mother said her demand for justice was not only for her son but also for other Nigerian students who had died mysteriously in the Girne American University Girne (Kyrenia), and other institutions in Northern Cyprus.

NiDCOM said in its statement that the judge narrated how the 25-year-old was allegedly murdered and the act covered up by the authorities in Northern Cyprus and the university istration which claimed that his death was a suicide, noting that the deceased fell from a seven-storey building.

Justice Bello insisted that the report should be investigated and all those found culpable should be prosecuted “as there was nothing to show that my son committed suicide.”

The judge said hours before her son was killed, she spoke with him and he expressed fear about his safety in the university environment.

She stated, “I don’t believe it was an accident or a suicide as I went to Cyprus barely 24 hours after 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 nonchalant in breaking the news to me on my arrival there.”

Justice Bello further disclosed that hours before her son died, he had sent her a WhatsApp message saying, “ Mama, please, I want to come back home. Wallahi, if I stay here, I will just die here without anybody batting an eyelid. I just need to come back home. Mama please, try to understand that this isn’t the place for me.”

Dabiri-Erewa called on parents to be wary of sending their wards to Northern Cyprus “as the country is not recognised by the United Nations except the Republic of Turkey,” adding that Nigeria had no diplomatic ties with that country.

She assured Bello that NiDCOM would work with the Ministry of Justice, the Nigerian Mission in Turkey and other relevant agencies to ensure justice was done.

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Racists

RIP to the lost souls but fix this damn country to avoid these kind of avoidable deaths

May their precious souls rest in glorious peace.
Meanwhile more Nigerians are killed in Nigeria more than anywhere in the world.

NIGERIANs should stop running away from home ,with all the hatred that is now being meted on us by other countries i hope we come to realize that we have no other country but nigeria
so come back home and fight for a better Nigeria
we go just get small money run commot for the country . give who ?

It is high time our leaders should focus on every ramification this country. people sending their kids abroad due to our terrible state of education. let them fix the economy we are losing forex and many other things to numerous to mention that is bringing this country backwards.

Over 100! How? Nothing seems to be going well for Nigerians in diaspora... Especially under Bubu's istration. Hmmmn.

You mean over 100 abokis killed in northern Cyprus maybe they thought they were in northern Nigeria where they can misbehave.. They should stop constituting nuisances where ever they are and their lives will be spared

We have good private universities in Nigeria such as covenant university, Babalola university e.t.c. stop sending children to those good for nothing country. RIP boy.

I thought Nigeria is the most unsafe place in the whole world, how come we still hear of killing in obodo oyibo

That's Terrible!

The Truth of the Matter is that no Place in the World is Safe..

Blacks kills Blacks
Whites Kills Whites
Whites kills Blacks
Blacks kill Whites

The World as a Whole has Gone Wild and Crazy..

The Same devil in Nigeria is the Same devil in America and Europe..

The Only Safe Zone is " Under the Shadow of the ALMIGHTY GOD"

With this, We Live or We Die we are Safe!

What kind of thread is this?
The header says 100, the article talks about one alleged suicide. OP, how do we make sense of this?

If you are a young black African living/schooling in some of these jumpy areas in secluded parts of Europe, South America or most of Asia with an unhealthy quantity of racists.., just take out time to be street smart. It may prove helpful.. Been there, so I know what I'm saying.. There must be places you just can't go at night and if by mistake you find yourself there, flag down a taxi and disappear quick.. , be smart with their girls! Won't tell you not to have gfs, but be careful who you chose. Dont try rubbing it in especially iff she chose you over a local.. If she is young and beautiful, don't get involved in too much PDAs with her even if she pushes you to.

Always know that the men get pissed off most time seeing you with them gal even if they smile at you.. Always know where the police points/numbers are but don't totally bank on the police. I received some of the most crude racist outbursts from folks in uniform over there. Move in group, if you can. If you sense you re being lured to a place, run! Avoid visiting her in her place! Park, restaurant, shopping malls, your home .., anywhere but her place. Avoid much argeuments and crowded areas.. An if all these dont the work? Bros, Relocate! Quickly! It's not easy walking around with this skin color in some parts of Asia an eastern Europe. I know what I'm telling you..

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Righteousness89:
That's Terrible!
The Truth of the Matter is that no Place in the World is Safe..
The Same devil in Nigeria is the Same devil in America and Europe..
The Only Safe Zone is " Under the Shadow of the ALMIGHTY GOD"
With this, We Live or We Die we are Safe!

juvewalex:
RIP to the lost souls but fix this damn country to avoid this kind of avoidable deaths

When they stop investing in other Countries' Educational system and Invest here, there will be money to fix here. It is not like they have better system but "The foreign University syndrome". Even the child complained about the place.

where all these ayes, baggas, eiye, kk, mapites, buccaners etc for do their work u no go see them o. e dure me say e fit be cult and drug related. nigerians dont give full and true stories

This is happening because this is Nigeria and the know our president...


Imagine this happening to North Korea or Russia


I have told my niggas that dis country cannot be fixed again... The should just buy a new one

hmmmmmmmmm

watch some here asking how to get to northern cyprus even after this news
thats how rotten and bad nigeria is

Have anyone noticed that the quest to travel no matter how became high since Buhari was made the president?

May their souls rest in peace but it is really disturbing.

Since we’re not wanted anywhere in the world let’s just come back home!

This same Nicosa university of northern Cyprus have been disturbing me for over 3yrs to come study marine engineering with them..

I just laughed . I initially thought they were scammers anyway

Ok

What?

Nawa oooo

What a Bombshell

That's part of the outcome of a poor educational system back home.
Leaders keep stealing and the education sector remains poorly funded.

Sadly, I knew one of them.

I lived in Cyprus, terrible place!

For those asking about my experience, I created a thread

https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/6075979/why-should-not-go-travel