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 Lefkosia.
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.
Fidelis complained that the CIU authorities did not send a condolence letter to the family or reach out to them over the sudden demise of their son who was a student in their school.