Why Subverting Justice? Bring Them to Book!
In the recent years, travelling abroad has been a sort of
comfort relish for Nigerians. This ranges from traveling for
comfort to schooling and hustling. However, the exploration of
greener pasture, particularly in the area of studies leads
many Nigerian students over the borders of the country.
Consequently, not all who travel for greener pasture return
with better or quality success. It’s also annoying that some
return full of emptiness, while some others never return. In
clearer words, some countries like Northern Cyprus have been
an unsafe place for blacks, especially Nigerians who are
tremendously contributing the growth of their economy as a
foreign student. Personally, I believe the fearlessness of this
so-called Turkish and Cypriots, who are no different from
the Arabians, are the result of our governments’ unruly and
ill manners; they seize from prioritizing the interests and
lives of her Citizens, which has caused the dignity, health,
and lives of many Nigerians in the foreign land. I hope you
see facts in the points listed, as we are together in this mess
and disorderliness without deviation and exemption.
In 2013 it was gathered of how a 28 year old Nigerian,
Stanley Eteimo died in a private beach at Girne, Northern
Cyprus. The deceased was a singer, music producer, and a
student of Management Information System in Girne
American University, Kyrenia (GAU). According to friends of
the Stanley – a Bayelsa State indigene, a white guy allegedly
threatened to kill Stanley over hanging out with his girlfriend
on that fateful day. By afternoon the next day, Thursday
8th of August, the management of Kratos Hotel called the
police, conveying information of seeing a body floating by the
shore of their private beach; it was Stanley Eteimo. However,
it is so saddening of how the Cyprus police declared it a
suicide case without autopsy. In other words, they approved he
committed suicide by drowning himself. His brother who went
to identify Stanley’s body said he saw blood stain from his
ear, mouth and nose.
Hopefully, you feel racism is epidemic? Okay, what if I retort
by telling you theirs’ (Turkish and Cypriot) is of degree.
Anyway, I should prove my claim as we go on. In continuation,
the police refused autopsy on the body of Stanley. Worst still,
the hotel refused to provide the CCTV record of that
particular day, with claims that cameras weren’t ON that
day. Interestingly, this five star hotel where he died has life
guards, security personnel, and hotel workers. From
experience, I remember being rescued by life guards from a
pool in a three star hotel in Nigeria; howbeit Stanley wasn’t
rescued from a private pool in a five star hotel in North
Cyprus?
With the memory of Stanley’s death still fresh in us, yet a
more deteriorated incident happened, as a 20 year old
Nigerian student, in the department electrical electronics
engineering at Cyprus International University, Nicosia,
Northern Cyprus (CIU) who fell into coma for weeks, but
eventually died on the 7th of September 2013. Gabriel Soriwei
was run over by a female driver who was allegedly drunk
driving on that fateful day.
It was collected that neither the family of the woman that
ran Gabriel over, nor the authorities of Cyprus International
University (CIU) found it essential to console with the family
of Master Gabriel Soriwei; they have shown lack of interest
by hiding the identity of the woman that killed the boy by a
car, indicating that the Cyprus police insisted that it was
their practice in North Cyprus to make certain that such
culprit was protected from the family of the victim.
Barbarically, they sent the boy’s corpse via same Turkish
airline with which he came in February 2013 as a cargo for
his family to clear. This is how inhumane and fearless humans
can be. To whatever degree, drunk driving is serious offense
that’s punishable by law.
More seriously, just about six months after the lifeless body
of Stanley was found in a pool, another Nigerian student at
Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Northern
Cyprus. Precious Nightair Daniel has been found dead under
the storey of his apartment off-campus. Although no prove,
he was thought to have fallen from a height in his
apartment, of which is not believed nor accepted by Nigerian
residents of North Cyprus.
According to eye-witnesses, Precious got missing on the 27th
of January 2014, his close pals believe and swore he was killed
and dumped under the basement of his apartment. However,
Nigerians in North Cyprus has protested that his remains be
subjected to autopsy, to ascertain the true cause of his
death.
This is not the whole story, but painfully, Nigerians are jailed
brutally, just after been barbarously maltreated; such as
genital infliction and the likes. It’s more painful that the
Nigerian embassy in Turkey, which also sees to the affairs of
the Nigerian in Northern Cyprus, is not doing or giving the
best in supplying necessary support and resources in bringing
these culprits to book. These reoccurring unlawful killings has
raised issues about the worth placed on the lives of Nigerians
throughout the globe.
However, I have come to realize there is no place to match
home. Hence, I implore the President and Commander-In-
Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, and every people that matters to see the life of
every Nigerian beyond the shores as valuable, other than
leaving them to fate of brutality and shame; they should
help bring these culprits and wicked mortals to book.
I used to know Nigeria as the giant of Africa, but our pride
and greatness has been soiled in negligence and corruption.
We can get it done, if only we dare!
