A delegation, to be led by a representative of the Nigerian Embassy in the United Kingdom (UK), Amb. Christian Okeke, and leaders of the Nigerian Students Union in UK, will visit the Management of Teesside University to intervene on the allegations of unfair and unjust deportation order served on some Nigerian students in the middle of their studies.
The decision was taken at the end of a virtual meeting held on Sunday between Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), the Representative of the Nigerian High Commission in UK, Amb. Christian Okeke, Mr. Yemi Soile, President, Nigerian Students Union in UK, and many of the affected students, according to a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun
Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocol, NIDCOM, Abuja.
The affected students passionately narrated their ordeal and were optimistic of a positive intervention by their home government.
During the meeting, the Chairman of NIDCOM appealed to the students to remain calm and not to take laws into their hands while appealing to the University to treat the students with justice and fairness.
Ambassador Okeke spoke in the same vein.
It will be recalled that on May 22, some students of Teesside University from Nigeria staged a protest following directives by the University authorities for them to leave the UK on the allegations that some of them defaulted in paying their school fees.
