Barely three days after
Ikejiaku Chinedu, a 35-year-old Nigerian businessman, was beaten to death in
South Africa (SEE BELOW), two other Nigerians have been killed in the country.
News
Agency of Nigeria report continues:
The
fresh cases of death bring to 17, the total number of Nigerians killed in 2016
alone.
Lamenting
over the incessant killings, Ikechukwu Anyene, president, Nigeria Union in
South Africa, called for the intervention of the federal government.
“The
Nigerian community in South Africa is not happy with the killings,” he told
NAN.
“We
urge the federal government to persuade its South African counterpart to
investigate and prosecute incidents of killings of Nigerians in that country.
“We
are getting worried about these incessant killings and we want the culprits
prosecuted.”
Anyene
said the most recent tragic incidents occurred at different areas of
Johannesburg.
He
said that the first victim, Gideon Ogalaonye, an indigene of Onitsha, Anambra,
was allegedly shot dead at 7 pm while on a visit to the residence of his
daughters, and that the second victim, Nnamdi Michael, an indigene of Enugu
state, was allegedly stabbed to death by a Zimbabwean national at Yeoville.
Anyene
quoted witnesses as saying the assailant first demanded for money from Michael,
which was not given and later attempted to forcefully remove his phone.
He
said that the assailant stabbed the victim, adding that Nigerians at scene
pursued and arrested him.
“The
Zimbabwean has been handed over to the police and we will follow the case,” he
said.
“The
two incidents have been reported to the Nigerian mission in South Africa and
the South African police.”
Another Nigerian Murdered In South Africa — The 15th In
2016
TheCable
reports that Ikejiaku Chinedu, a Nigerian businessman based in South Africa,
was on Tuesday beaten to death by guards of a private security firm in the
country.
According
to Ikechukwu Anyene, president of the Union of Nigerians in South Africa,
Chinedu is the 15th Nigerian to be killed in South Africa since the
beginning of the year.
Collins
Mgbo, secretary of the Limpopo province of the union, said the tragic incident
happened around 8pm on the ill-fated day.
He
said the deceased, who was married with three children, hailed from Ogwa,
Mbaitoli local government area of Imo state.
“One
of our members here, Ikejiaku Chinedu, was killed on the outskirts of
Polokwane, Limpopo Province of South Africa,” he told NAN.
“Information
available to us showed that guards of the security company chased and arrested
him; he was beaten. The autopsy result we have showed that there were
bruises all over his body, showing that he was beaten to death or suffocated.”
Mgbo
said the union had reported the incident to the South African police for
investigation.
“The South African police assured us of thorough investigation to ensure that justice is done,” he said, adding that the incident had been reported to the national secretariat of our union in Pretoria.
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