The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission(NiDCOM) issued stern warning to Nigerian students against going to Northern Cyprus.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the agency’s chairperson made this known on Thursday in Abuja at a ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team.
Abike Dabiri said Northern Cyprus was not recognised by the UN, adding that a lot of Nigerian students had been killed there.
In her words:
“There have been a lot of problems in Northern Cyprus; we have youths come to tell us, please tell everybody to stop going to Northern Cyprus.”
“We did that sometime ago and we were challenged at what rights we had to tell people not to go to Northern Cyprus.”
“I say it again; if you have to go to Northern Cyprus, think twice about it; no fewer than 20 students have been killed over the years and nothing has happened to the assailants.”
She further stated:
“Students who had gone there earlier came to tell us that they had to embark on an awareness campaign. Don’t go to these places; Northern Cyprus is recognised only by Turkey.”
She concluded by stating that NiDCOM will keep working to appeal that Nigeria takes a strong decision about places like Northern Cyprus.
