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.
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