According to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaye, has said that the Nigerian students who were arrested in Turkey may have been paying for the refusal of the Nigerian government to shut down some Turkish schools and institutions in Nigeria. Two Nigerian students had been in detention for more than two months at the Silivri Prisons in Istanbul, Turkey, for allegedly being members of the Fethulla Terrorist Organization, a group said to be responsible for the coup attempt in Turkey.
Some 50 Nigerians studying in Turkey were reportedly arrested on Friday for an alleged link to a terrorist organization in the country. Many of the Nigerians were said to be students of Fatih University, one of thousands of schools shut down by the Turkish government after the failed coup attempt in July.
But in a submission made to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, , the Permanent Secretary said the plight of the Nigerian students might not be unconnected with the refusal of the Federal Government to close down some schools in Nigeria “as arrogantly demanded by the Turkish Government.”
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