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| Oyamuyefa Alamieyeseigha; Photo Credit: Channels TV |
Women Arise is in deep shock to
learn of, yet soon again, mysterious death of another young Nigerian in Dubai,
even as we have yet to finish with mourning of alleged murder of Toba (Tyler)
Falode in same jurisdiction, recently.
The sad news that a young
Nigerian, Oyamuyefa Alamieyeseigha, 24, was found dead in
a mysterious manner, sends shivers down our spines and only reminds us of
similar manner in which Mr. Tyler Falode was murdered in strange circumstance
-also in Dubai.
As we mourn in solidarity, the
strange death of Oyamuyefa Alamieyeseigha, we are by nature's
default, disposed to reflecting on the strange circumstances of deaths of
Nigerians in Dubai.
While we put differences aside for
now as people on different planes of philosophy or socio-political orientation,
we find it necessary and therefore do, focus on a collective issue affecting us
as a people, home and abroad. Of everything, the utmost importance to us is
saving Nigerian children from snares and dangers that may affect their future.
Master Toba (Tyler) Falode was the
only son of famous female sportscaster, Ms. Aisha Falode. Tyler was murdered on
15th February, 2014 after he was suspected to be thrown down from the 17th
floor of the residential high building. He was living in Dubai as a student,
learning and working to hone his skill with ambition to become an expert at
Sound Production. From the sketchy information available as yet, about the
death of another young Oyamuyefa Alamieyeseigha, he was also in
Dubai as a student. The sojourn abroad of both, as well as several other
Nigerian children abroad, was to find better avenues for education and
training, due to dysfunctional, moribund, or complete lack of such avenues back
home.
Master Tyler Falode was the recent
case for which we had pressured the Government of Nigeria on, to get
understanding of the Dubai Police to carry out proper investigation on the
mysterious death of Tyler Falode and prosecute the perpetrators for justice.
Whereas, even though we were promised actions by the Nigerian Government, it
appears that eight months after the mysterious death of Tyler, no concrete step
has been taken to bring to justice, the culprits of his murder. We would only
hear another news eight months after Tyler Falode's mysterious death,that
another young Nigerian died in cold blood in Dubai.
With regrets in our hearts, we
suspect that another new death, happened because of failure to probe the first
instance of it and take actions to ensure justice. If justice was done in the
first case, it would deter inclined perpetrators from committing the crime.
Impunity emboldens perpetrators!
Even so, this recurrence is a
reminder that our institutions and educational system in Nigeria are long overdue
for proper upgrading, proliferation and funding to encourage our children to
stay back home and study, rather than push all of them abroad to be educated.
Same for our healthcare system.
We hereby call on the Federal
Government to ensure proper action on this new reported death involving
young Oyamuyefa Alamieyeseigha; likewise revisit the case
of Master Tyler Falode. If we fail this time, we send a permanent wrong
signal.
We are pained that our citizens are
being treated, and killed like chickens abroad due to little or complete
absence of regard for our citizens.
It is only because it affected
persons who can not hide, this mistreatment and indiscriminate murder of
Nigerians is not new or few, it is common.
While we commiserate with families
of those affected, we demand that justice must be done in all cases of this
unwarranted mysterious murders. We urge Nigerians and citizens in solidarity
abroad, especially in Dubai to kindly assist the Nigerian Government in the bid
to investigate these murders.
Long live Nigeria, and may we see
the change for which we crave soon.
Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin
President
Women Arise for Change
Initiative
26, Adebowale Street,
Ojodu-Berger,
Lagos.
Website: www.womenarise.org,
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