Days after Businessman’s Murder, 2 Nigerians Killed in South Africa; Again
Three days after
a Nigerian Businessman, Ikejiaku Chinedu was killed by operatives of a
private guard company in Limpopo South Africa, two other Nigerians in the
country have faced a similar fate, the President of the Nigerian Union in South
Africa, Ikechukwu Anyene, told the News Agency of Nigeria.
South Africa police makes an arrest; credit:
naija247news.com
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According to the
report culled by the Leadership
newspaper, the two Nigerians were killed on Friday July 29 in
Johannesburg.
According to
Anyene, the first victim, Gideon Ogalaonye, was reportedly shot dead around 7
p.m. while on a visit to his daughters’ residence in the city.
Anyene explained
that the second victim, Nnamdi Michael, was stabbed to death by a Zimbabwean
national at Yeoville at 8 p.m on the same day during a robbery gone awry.
Anyene said the
assailant first demanded money from Michael, which was not given and later
attempted to forcefully remove his phone. He said the attacker then stabbed
Michael.
Other Nigerians
at the scene reportedly chased the Zimbabwean attacker and arrested him.
Anyene said:
“The Zimbabwean has been handed over to the police and we will follow the case.
“The two incidents have been reported to the Nigerian mission in South Africa and the South African police.
“The Nigerian community in South Africa are not happy with the killings.
“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.”
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