Veteran broadcaster Aisha Falode, who lost her son, Toba in February this year, has written an open letter to Pres. 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.
Aisha Falode.
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