PROBE DEATH OF NIGERIAN STUDENT IN PHILIPPINES, REPS TELL FG.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to urgently investigate the killing of a Nigerian medical student in the Philippines, Chibuikem Emmanuel, to ascertain the true circumstances of his death.
The resolution was a sequel to the adoption of a motion on urgent public importance brought before the House in plenary by a member representing Ayedire/Iwo/Ola-Oluwa Federal Constituency, Osun State, Mudashiru Lukman.
The PUNCH had reported that Emmanuel, a postgraduate student in the Faculty of Medicine in the Philippines, was killed in October 2023.
According to Lukman, the deceased went to collect money owed him by his Chinese girlfriend and after a minor disagreement; he was whisked away by men in a van, only to be returned not responding.
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