The Director, International Office, Cyprus International University, Patrick Douse, has apologised to the family of a Nigerian student, Gabriel Soriwei, who was killed in the North Cyprus city of Nicosia.
Gabriel, 20, a first year student of Electrical/Electronic Engineering at the university located in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, was knocked down by a female driver on July 13, 2013.
As a result of the impact of the accident, he fell into a coma and eventually died on September 7, 2013. The university authorities flew his remains via Turkish Airline to Nigeria five days later.
Douse said he was sorry for the way the university handled the incident, noting that the institution had put in place measures to prevent a recurrence of such incident.
The CIU director was making a presentation for prospective students in Abuja on Tuesday when a member of the Soriwei family, Fidelis, tabled his family’s grievance, particularly the refusal of the Cypriot authorities to bring Gabriel’s killer to justice.
In his words mr Douse said, “In every city in the world, people have accidents, but that doesn’t change the fact that the family is grieving. On behalf of the CIU, I apologise for the incident. We have put in place measures to ensure that we respond appropriately to incidents affecting our students in future.”
Douse explained that the identity of the driver of the car that killed Gabriel was being withheld by the police because investigations had yet to be concluded.
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Rest in peace bro..
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