4 Nigerian students to be deported as Turkish schools accused of terrorism change names

Two Turkish schools in Nigeria have changed their names, following the coup attempt in that country three months ago.

The schools have now expunged the name ‘Turkish’ from their names, in view of their involvement in the coup as alleged by the Turkish government.
This is as the Turkish embassy in Nigeria has announced that about four Nigeria students on doctorate degree programs, would be deported before the end of this week because of alleged irregularities in their documentations and entry papers.

However, a member of the House of Representatives, Raphael Nnana Igbokwe, has lampooned the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, for registering schools bearing the name of Turkish government without getting clearance from the country.

Vanguard reliably gathered that Nigerian-Turkish International School in Abuja had been changed to Nigerian Tulips International College, while the Nigeria Turkish Nile University had been changed to Nigeria Nile University.

Recall that the Turkish government had asked the Federal government to shut down Turkish schools in the country after the coup that took place in Turkey about July this year, claiming that they were owned by the Gulien movement, labelled a terrorist group, but the request was turned down.

Vanguard, October 13, 2016

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