Presidency worries over brutal killing of another Nigerian in South Africa
- The Nigerian government has condemned the killing of yet another Nigerian in South Africa
- President Buhari's aide, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, described the killings as unfortunate
- Ozumba Tochukwu-Lawrence, a Nigerian living in South Africa, was shot and killed on July 6
The senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Sunday, July 8, expressed worry over the killing of another Nigerian in South Africa.
The Nigeria Mission in South Africa had on Sunday, July 8, confirmed the killing of Ozumba Tochukwu-Lawrence, by an unknown gunman in the country.
The Nigeria Consulate-General in South Africa said that the ugly incident occurred at 10 Koppe, Middleburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa, on July 6.
The mission said that Lawrence was shot six times by his assailant and died before reaching hospital.
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Dabiri-Erewa in short message sent to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja described the recent killing as unfortunate.
She said that further enquiry over Nigeria issue with South Africa should be directed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
”All enquiries should be directed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama who has vowed to take decisive action with the new Foreign Affairs Minister in South Africa," she said.
Dabiri-Erewa expressed disappointment over an early warning signal put in place by both ministries, which she said, had still not been implemented.
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She stated that no fewer than 117 Nigerians were extra-judicially killed in South Africa between 2016 and 2018 for one flimsy reason or the other. She said that many more had followed since then.
Legit.ng previously reported that the Nigerian Union in South Africa (NUSA) called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in Friday’s killing of another Nigerian in South Africa.
The publicity secretary of the union in South Africa, Habib Salihu, made the appeal on Tuesday, June 26, in an interview. He said the victim, James Ekeh, 36, an indigene of Imo, was killed at Mabopane Station near Pretoria by unknown assailants.
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