FG Summons Turkish Ambassador Over Detention Of Nigerian Students

Hamilton Nwosa
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[PHOTOS] Turaki-Led Faction Assumes Office Amid Secretariat Clash 

By Abiola Olawale The newly elected factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, has assumed office at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat in Abuja. ​Turaki, a former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, was elected at a National Convention held in Ibadan last weekend. His ascension comes amidst a…

(PHOTOS) Turaki-Led Faction Assumes Office Amid Secretariat Clash

By Abiola Olawale The newly elected factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, has assumed office at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat in Abuja. ​Turaki, a former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, was elected at a National Convention held in Ibadan last weekend. His ascension comes amidst a…

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The Federal Government has summoned Hakan Cakil, the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, over the detention of Nigerian students studying in the country.

The Turkish government allegedly ordered the arrest of 50 Nigerians; deported some of them and kept some behind bars, last week.

Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, said the government had asked its Turkish counterpart to free the students on Thursday.

Onyeama wrote on Twitter that “Turkish Amb. H. Cakil Summoned: Nigerian Students Release Demanded

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