A delegation, to be led by a representative of the Nigerian Embassy in the United Kingdom (UK), Christian Okeke, and leaders of Nigerian Students Union in the UK will visit the management of Teesside University to intervene on allegations of unfair and unjust deportation order served on some Nigerian students at the university.
The plan is contained in a statement by the Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocol, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abdur-Rahman Balogun,
According to the statement, the decision was taken at the end of a virtual meeting held between the Chairman/CEO, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa; Ambassador Christian Okeke; President, Nigerian Students Union, UK, Mr Yemi Soile, and some affected students at a meeting on Sunday.
The affected students narrated their ordeal and were hopeful of positive intervention.
During the meeting, Dabiri-Erewa appealed to the students to remain calm and not to take laws into their hands, while urging the university to treat the students with justice and fairness.
Okeke spoke in the same vein.
Recall that on May 22, some students of Teesside University from Nigeria staged a protest following a directive to them by the university to leave the UK on allegations that some of the students defaulted in paying their school fees.
