He mentioned he desires to understand what undoubtedly taken place to Itunu which produced this lady vomited bloodstream before the girl passing

Abayomi Babalola, father of 23-year-old Nigerian lady, Itunu Babalola who was simply wrongfully incarcerated in Cote D’Ivoire, states your family wants justice.

The grieving father, exactly who also known as on globe leadership to get to his help, mentioned there can be extra into the death of their girl as she had been never susceptible to dropping sick.

He said the guy wants to understand what really took place to Itunu which generated the girl vomit blood before the woman passing as he furthermore queried the time scale of sentence for your criminal activity levelled against the woman.

According to him, Itunu was a kind-hearted dude exactly who adored and valued her friends and family.

The guy stated, in a job interview with BBC pidgin, “My name’s Abayomi, Babalola, pops of Itunu Babalola. Her mummy is sick, she have a stroke and she is aiding myself but as a youth, she planned to operate, but where she went to is simply too much.

“The latest times we spoke, she said i will are available to see the lady from the put in which the woman is, and I stated needless to say. She also mentioned they could likely release the girl before December once she will get released, she’ll visited Nigeria.

“Truly in 2019, she arrived the place to find Nigeria. She got here for three or one month, but while right here, she gotten a call after that that burglars broke into the woman house. She never stayed in Burkina Faso, she got a roommate, so this lady roommate also known as this lady and informed her she knows the one who smashed in to the apartment stating she will diagnose the thief.

“whenever Itunu had gotten indeed there, she visited the authorities facility to submit the actual situation but the issue was actually, the DPO of the police place may be the elder brother of crook. So that the DPO informed my personal girl he offers the lady N100, 000 but my child mentioned no that she wishes this lady belongings straight back since it is worth a lot more than N100, 000, she said it had been worth N300, 000.

“The DPO requested the woman to exit which he would return to the woman. On the 3rd day, the DPO and some other police officers included a woman that they’ve already been trying to find the lady for the past 30 days roughly that Itunu harboured the lady but my child stated she had never ever fulfilled your ex, that there ended up being nothing can beat that.

“So they turned the way it is from thieves to children trafficking case. She known as myself and said that she got detained, I happened to be like she must not be concerned that she would getting introduced. I was thinking its like Nigeria where some body goes to the authorities section and the individual gets fairness.

“Later, she resource said she ended up being sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. They got her to a rather far prison, it’s like heading from Ibadan to Ilorin but I couldn’t travel considering COVID-19 and so I asked Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of NIDCOM, very she furthermore stated am I conscious there is COVID by will 2020. It actually was throughout lockdown but she guaranteed your fee would work about it.

“Later, by May in 2010, I’d the hyperlink to satisfy Honourable Buhari, an associate of your home of associates and Honourable Teslim Folarin, they stated they might take the situation and escalate to Abike Dabiri, each of them promised to function onto it. They even said they’d sponsor a legal counsel to appear in to the issue. Which was the things I used on to, i’ve been speaking with Itunu.

“As of Wednesday last week, we spoke together and she mentioned she had been troubled, that a woman involved the place where she is, victimising the woman. We shared with her not to ever fret, that she should regulate because she will quickly be of here.

“I spoke with Abike Dabiri and she guaranteed myself your lawyer that will account for the situation got been settled, which they would impress together with case might be extracted from the prison to your investment and that she would end up being introduced before December.

“That was actually the things I considered before i acquired a call on Sunday night as well as the person got asking myself basically heard from the woman.

I informed the person that I called her that same week therefore, the individual mentioned he discovered she was sick along with the hospital. I happened to be surprised, Itunu never falls unwell. I became amazed to learn that she had all forms of diabetes.

“On Monday, certainly one of my kids gone on the internet and saw the headlines on Twitter, i-cried. Then anyone known as my buddy and mentioned they watched a video clip of in which Itunu had been forced on a hospital trolley and bloodstream was actually coming out of her lips and nose. I said why?

“The latest time she came homes, when I expected the girl when would she come-back, she mentioned father don’t worry, if you want anything, call me. She stated she’d assist me, she guaranteed numerous facts. Even though she had problems over there, I known as their.

“On September 9 that has been my birthday celebration even when in jail, Itunu organized a catering service to bake dessert for me personally, as well as the rest they taken to our home for my situation.