Buhari, Turkey clash over arrested Nigerian students

– The Nigerian government is set to clash with the Turkish government over the arrestand deportation of some Nigerian students without reason

– Turkish police had arrested the students upon their arrival in the country following the closure of their university, Fathi University, over the failed July 15, 2016 coup in the country

President Muhammadu Buhari

The Nigerian government is set to clash with the Turkish government over the arrestand deportation of some Nigerian students without reason.

The Turkish police had arrested the students upon their arrival in the country following the closure of their university, Fathi University, over the failed July 15, 2016 coup in the country.

Federal Government said it would summon the Turkish ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, and demand an explanation for the deportation of the students.

One of the students, Rukkaya Usman , who spoke with The Cable said she was detained at the airport for about 10 hours after which she was placed on  a plane and flown back to Nigeria.

“As I got to the airport, at the immigration; they (immigration officers) collected my passport and resident permit. They started to ask me questions like: ‘what are you studying?’ ‘What’s your father’s name?’ They took my passport. This was on September 26. I asked what was happening. But they said they didn’t know, that it was a new law, that they were sending me back to my country,”Usman was quoted.

According to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Sola Enikanolaiye, he said, “I am hearing the news of the deportation for the first time from you, but I will follow up to get the factsand we are summoning him (Turkish ambassador) again  to demand an explanation (for the deportation.)”

Enikanolaiye stated that the Nigerian mission official in Ankara, had been directed to meet the Turkish government over the issue, stressing that the students must be released immediately.

“We summoned the Turkish ambassador to the ministry on Friday and demanded the immediate release of the students. We also rejected the condition imposed on the students that they should return to Nigeria and obtain a fresh visa in line with their admission to a new university. We insisted that they must be issued the new visa in Turkey there.”

Enikanolaiye, however, noted that the detained students were not up to 50 as earlier reported, adding that a senior Nigerian mission official in Ankara, had been directed to follow up with the Turkish government on Nigeria’s demands.

Meanwhile, the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government is set fill fraud charges againstsome former governors before the end of October.

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