President of Turkey, Recep
Erdogan, has called on parents in Nigeria to withdraw their children from
Turkish-run schools across the continent.
Erdogan in an interview with
AllAfrica.com said the schools in Nigeria and Africa at large are run by
terrorists that uses education as a façade to hide their real intent.
According to him, the schools are
linked to United States based Cleric, Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Mr
Erdogan turn arch-rival.
Gulen was accused of being the
mastermind of the July 2016 attempted coup that left 250 people dead.
Erdogan said “Without any further
ado, I will like to mention something. Whether your nephews, nieces and your
children, do not send them to either one of these network schools.
“Education is just a disguise for
the terrorists working for these organisations, even religion is a disguise for
the Fethullahists. In the Quran, Allah condemned those who are using prayers as
disguised as they will never be conscientious to the practice of prayer that is
why we would remain alert. We would never be manipulated. The coup plotters are
the Fethullahists.
“They have all been identified
and some of them have been sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment. These
Fethullahists came to kill me and my family members but Allah protected us and
in a matter of minutes we were saved from their bombs, their attacks but two of
my security guarded were killed… there are 29 martyrs around the presidential
complex which was attacked that night as well.
“We are warning all our brothers
in Africa not to be deceived because the Fethullahists have great sums of money
out of their actions. In 1999, the Chief terrorist, fled to the United States
to live in Pennsylvania. We have demanded his extradition immediately.
“The Turkish government has
established an education foundation to take control of the schools linked with
Mr. Gulen. Many African countries, including Nigeria have, however, turned down
Mr. Erdogan’s requests to either take control or close schools linked to Mr
Gulen.
“Soon after the attempted coup,
the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, called on the Nigerian
government to close 17 Turkish schools. His request was however turned down by
the government.”
Mr. Erdogan further threatened
the United States if it refuses to extradite Mr. Gulen to face terrorism
charges in Turkey.
“We have amassed 85 boxes filled
with evidence proving that he was the major perpetrator of the coup but he has
not been extradited yet.
“But tomorrow if the United
States asked for the extradition of a terrorist I will say no to them because
this man is the killer of 252 martyrs, 292 veterans; still residing in the
United States.”
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