Ìtùnú Babalola: FG Orders Investigation into Death of Nigerian Lady Wrongfully Jailed 20 Years in Ivory Coast
- The Nigerian government is calling for a full investigation regarding the death of a Nigerian, Itunu Babalola, who died in Ivory Coast prison
- Abike Dabiri-Erewa, NIDCOM chairman has reacted to the tragic incident while noting that the Nigerian government is handling the matter
- Meanwhile, was reportedly sentenced to 20 years in prison after reporting a crime at her residence to the police in Ivory Coast
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Nigeria- The federal government has requested a full autopsy on the sudden and mysterious death of Itunu Babalola, a Nigerian serving 20-year imprisonment in Côte D’ivoire for alleged human trafficking.
Babalola died in the hospital on Sunday, November 14, from complications from diabetes.
The Punch reports that the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, described her death as a tragic blow, at a time the Nigerian mission in Côte Divoire had paid and engaged the services of a lawyer to handle Itunnu’s appeal case.
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The NiDCOM boss in a statement on Monday, November, 15, by the commission’s head of media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, titled ‘Death of a Nigerian in Cote D’ivoire: FG demands full investigation,’ lamented that Babalola passed away abruptly while efforts were ongoing to seek both legal and diplomatic intervention for her.
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The deceased had accused an Ivorian of a robbery at her residence and insisted on filing a case against him.
NIDCOM said the Nigerian mission in Cote Divoire supported by the Nigerian community, got her a lawyer, paid part of the legal fees for the lawyer to appeal the judgment while seeking diplomatic intervention from the Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The commission stated:
“The staff of the Nigerian mission had also visited Itunu in prison, a distance of over four hours from Abidjan.
“While the appeal case was on, Itunu was said to have developed complications from diabetes and was rushed to the hospital.
“The fees for the treatment was paid by the Nigerian mission through the lawyer whose services were engaged by the mission; unfortunately, she died suddenly after a few days of admission at the hospital.
“Her death, will, however, not stop the appeal in court in order to vindicate her of the charges against her.”
Malaysian university shuts classes over mysterious death of Nigerian PhD student
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that a university of creative technology in Malaysia, on Friday, July 12, shut down activities for a day over the death of a doctorate student who happened to be from Nigeria.
The Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, a private educational institution, announced the death of Orhionsefe Ewansiha Thomas on its Twitter handle with a photograph of the deceased.
Thomas, born in 1985, and survived by a wife and two children, according to a report by the Malay Mail, died in detention after a raid by the Malaysian immigration department.
Source: Legit.ng
