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REVEALED: 17 schools, hospitals owned by terrorists in Nigeria
The Turkish Government says it has alerted Nigeria about the existence of at least 17 schools and some hospitals belonging to terrorists in the country.
The government said proceeds from the schools and hospitals were used to finance the failed coup in the country recently.
The revelation is coming after the failed coup in the country was linked to a US General and a Nigerian bank.
Turkey said on Thursday that it had officially notified the Nigerian government on the existence of the schools, which bear the name of the country but are not owned by it.
The Ambassador of Turkey to Nigeria, Mr. Hakan Cakil, while speaking to the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Shehu Sani, when the latter paid the diplomat a visit at his Abuja office, said the owners of the schools sponsored the recent coup in Turkey.
Cakil said the institutions, which ranged from schools to hospitals, were allegedly owned by the Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organisation allegedly founded by Fethullag Gulen.
The envoy stated that the country does not own any school in Nigeria.
He added that similar schools established in Turkey had been shut down.
The ambassador said that the Nigerian government should follow suit and shut down the facilities.
Cakil said the truth was confirmed from confessions by the coup plotters, who are currently under investigation.
He said the same syndicate which hatched the botched 15th July 2016, coup, own the schools in Nigeria.
Cakil said the organisation and its investments had enjoyed wide acceptance by the public in Turkey until suspected coupists confessed to using the organisations for terrorist activities.
However, Senator Sani urged the Turkish Government to operate within the law in bringing those responsible for the incidence to book.
Sani said: “I think the world should identify and reason with you because if the coup had succeeded, there could have been bloodshed.
“You have a legitimate right to continue to raise them and for our government to look into them.
“One thing I will say is that I will urge you to use the instrument of democracy, liberty and constitutional right to bring to book those who are involved in that.”
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