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Bella Naija: Nigerian student facing life imprisonment in Ukraine

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Aug. 20, 2012, 8:06 p.m. | Ukraine abroad — by Bella Naija

Nigerians living in Ukraine, and indeed, across the world are protesting the arrest of a Nigerian student for allegedly defending himself against six teenagers who attacked him at the entrance to his apartment block. The student, Olaolu Sunkanmi Femi, is currently languishing in jail and may be facing life imprisonment in Ukraine.
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Nigerians living in Ukraine, and indeed, across the world are protesting the arrest of a Nigerian student for allegedly defending himself against six teenagers who attacked him at the entrance to his apartment block. The student, Olaolu Sunkanmi Femi, is currently languishing in jail and may be facing life imprisonment in Ukraine.

African Outlook gathered that he was arrested after defending himself against his assailants with a glass from a broken bottle in front of his apartment block on November 5, last year in Luhanski, Ukraine.

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