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 below..
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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