The two Nigerians – Abia Alexandro Uchenna and Eboh Kenneth Chinedu – held in Bosnia camp have been set free and already on their way to Nigeria.
The two of them are students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO.
The announcement of their homeward trip was made by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, in a statement by Gabriel Odu of the Media, Public Relations and Protocol section.
NIDCOM commended the quick intervention of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Geofrey Onyeama , the Nigerian Ambassador to Hungary, Amb Eniola Ajayi, and staff of the mission and the unrelenting efforts of Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
The chances of their return was sequel to series of diplomatic interventions from the Nigerian Mission in Hungary and Mr. Geoffrey Onyema, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who directed for full investigations to be carried out on their case.
It would be recalled that two students attended an international table tennis competition in Croatia and ended up in a Bosnian refugee camp.
Dabiri-Erewa had also hinted that arrangements had been concluded to send the two Nigerians back to Croatia anytime, adding that the Nigerian Mission in Hungary had taken steps to ensure that the matter was resolved and the welfare of the two Nigerians protected.
According to a report, Abia Alexandro Uchenna, Eboh Kenneth Chinedu, and three other students, arrived in Zagreb, capital of Croatia, on November 12, for the fifth world inter-university championships held in the country.
They were allegedly arrested while taking a walk around the country’s capital on November 18 as they couldn’t produce relevant documents to the police.
The police officers were reported to have transferred the students to the country’s Bosnia-Herzegovina border, where Croatian authorities had gathered a group of illegal migrants attempting to cross into the country.
