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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The former President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Prof Dipo Fasina, popularly known as ‘Jingo,’ who was earlier declared missing has been found in Turkey.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) disclosed this via a post on its Twitter page on Sunday evening.
Fasina was said to have been missing since Saturday, July 1, while trying to connect a flight to Algeria.
However, the agency said that Fasina was found at the airport and would be on his way to Nigeria on Monday.
NiDCOM also commended Nigeria’s High Commission in Turkey for the collaborative efforts to locate the scholar.
“The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, in collaboration with the Nigerian High Commission in Turkey, has successfully located Prof Fasina, who went missing for a few days at Istanbul Airport while connecting on a flight back home.
“Mr Fasina, 76, was travelling to Algeria when he was said to have missed his connecting flight from Istanbul, Turkey.”
“A big thanks to the Nigerian Ambassador to Turkey who immediately sent officials to the Airport to physically locate him in the very busy and huge Istanbul Airport,” NiDCOM wrote.