Only three of 26 dead migrants are Nigerians – Buhari

NAPTIP BOSS JULIE OKAH-DONLI

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said only three of the 26 migrants who died in the Mediterranean and were buried in Italy recently were Nigerians.


Buhari said this during a meeting he had with members of the Nigerian community in Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday evening in Abidjan. The President is in the country for the 5th European Union-African Union Summit.
 
Buhari said, “It was announced that 26 Nigerians died but before they could proved that they were all Nigerians, they were buried.

“But the evidence I got from my Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs now is that only three were identified as Nigerians. But I won’t be surprised if the majority of them were really Nigerians.
https://newtelegraphonline.com/2017/11/3-26-dead-migrants-nigerians-buhari/