- Itunu died while serving 10-year jail term over trumped-up charges
Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Thursday visited the Ambassador of Cote D’ivoire to Nigeria, Ambassador Traore Kallilou, in Abuja with a protest letter and demanding that the country be presented with a blow by blow account that culminated in the death of a Nigerian Girl, Itunu Babalola.
Nigeria, Dabiri-Erewa said, also demands full autopsy and justice for the late Itunu Babalola.
This is even as she stressed on the need for Nigerians in the Diaspora to always be good Ambassadors of the country by obeying the laws of their host countries as well as use their real identity in whatever they do and also register their presence in Nigerian Missions in their places of residence.
In his response, Kallilou pledged full cooperation to ensure that nothing is swept under the carpet and autopsy report monitored and published forthwith.
Itunu’s journey to death began when her house in Abidjan, Cote D’ivoire, was burgled. And in her bid to get justice, she took the case to the Police for proper investigation.
While filling the case, she used Miss Becky Paul instead of her real name Itunu Babalola to write her statement and the case unfortunately turned against her as she was later accused of Human Trafficking.