Sports journalist, Aisha Falode, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to tackle Dubai authorities over the “daily” killings of Nigerian youths in the Asia country.
Falode, whose son, Toba Falode, was allegedly murdered in Dubai, said the recent killing of the son of a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alameiyeseigha, had confirmed her public outcry which was ignored by the Nigerian government.
The ace sports analyst said unless the Nigerian government confronts Dubai, Nigerian youths in the country would continue to be murdered on “daily” basis.
Falode, who wrote an open letter to Nigerians, said Nigerian government must demand justice over the killing of Nigerian youths in Dubai like Isreal did when three of its teens were killed.
She lamented that in spite of her nationwide campaign for justice over the murder of her son, the Nigerian Government refused to act and justice had not been done.
She said, “For record emphasis, my son was thrown from the balcony of a 17th floor apartment in Manchester Tower in Dubai. A Saudi boy, resident in Dubai, confessed to the murder; he had my son’s blood on his t-shirt, he had my son’s blood on his knuckles and boasted about serving time for 25 years in prison if it comes to the worst.
“His murderer has a name-Faisal Aldakmary Al-Nasser.
“There were witnesses to this murder. They have written statements verbally and orally corroborating what the murderer said.
“I have put all this together to make this easy for the Nigerian government to help me get justice for my son in Dubai.”
She added, “Eight months after Toba Falode’s murder, we are still waiting on the Nigerian government to give us any kind of reaction on the loss of a young life-Toba Falode – in Dubai.
“Even after submitting every evidence, our protest, police reports corroborating the fact that my son was murdered, we still have gotten no response at all from the Nigerian government.
“Take a cue from Israel.
“And the Nigerian Government for once should start acting like a big country with so much might and power that it is in the continent and indeed in the world and go after Dubai for justice for every young soul and every Nigerian life that has been cut short in Dubai.”
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