Veteran broadcaster Aisha Falode, who lost her Toba in
February this year, has written an open letter to President Jonathan and
Nigerians on the swift response to the loss of DSP Alameiyeseigha's son
in Dubai with no word or action taken in the case of Toba's murder in Dubai
eight months after. See the letter after the cut..
It is with a heavy heart that I read about the death of the
son of Chief Alameiyeseigha on the streets of Dubai; an incident that
immediately jolted me back in time thanks to the bizarre similarities to that
of my son as regards “cause of death”. My son was said by the Dubai authorities
to have jumped down from a balcony, dismissing it as "suicide", same
with Chief Alameiyeseigha’s son.
I am saddened that this has happened despite my nationwide
campaign to stop this happening AGAIN by putting all relevant government
agencies on notice, in vain. 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. I warned the
Nigerian government that Nigerian youths were being killed in Dubai on a daily
basis as confirmed by our embassy in Dubai.
I also warned parents about the danger of Dubai. I also
stated repeatedly, that if justice was not gotten for my son that another
murder will happen. Indeed there have been many more after my son although not
mentioned because they do not have a voice. But now, there is one so close to
government that has been struck. I did not have to be a soothsayer to know
this. Many more will happen until we get Justice for Toba Falode, and all those
who have been murdered in cold blood in Dubai.
We cannot stand by and watch our youths lives being down
played over and above “collaboration and partnership” with a country that hates
us with so much passion, that they are cutting down the lives of our young ones
in cold blood crudely and viciously and yet we seek “partnership and
collaboration” in investment with this same country.
Our ambassador in the UAE, AmbassadorIbrahim Auwalu, must be
called back to Nigeria to answer to every young soul that has been lost to
Dubai unaccounted for due to his lack of responsibility in office. The Foreign
Ministry also, must be asked questions on what they have done about Toba Falode’s
case 8 months after.
It took Israel less than 48 hours to act on the loss of
their 3 youths. 8 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 queue 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. We send our sympathy and
condolences to DSP Alamieyeseigha. The family and friends of their son, we
empathise with them because we have been through and are still going through it
and it is nothing we wish for any parent which was our concern from the
start.
This, is one death too many. May it not happen again.
Aisha Falode.
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