Two Nigerians living in South Africa have been killed.
According to the Secretary of the Nigerian Union in Pretoria, Mr. Adetola Olubajo who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday the first victim, one Adeniyi Olumoko, a petty trader, was stabbed to death on October 7.
Olubajo said 37-year-old Olumoko was killed at Marabastard in Pretoria by a South African, who forcefully took the victim’s goods without paying.
The secretary said the killing had been reported to the Central Police Station in Pretoria and the Nigerian Mission in South Africa.
In another development Olubajo said another Nigerian, Christian Onwukaike, was shot dead by assailants at Empangeni in the North Coast area of Kwazulu Natal on October 16.
Olubajo called on the Nigerian Mission to investigate the killings and put an end to the continuous killings of Nigerians in South Africa.
“The Nigeria Union is calling on the Nigerian Mission to demand results of investigations of all murder cases involving Nigerian victims from the South African authority.
“We recommend that the consulate officials visit the area immediately in company of some members of the national and provincial executives of the Nigeria Union to speak with the police and the Nigerian community,” he said.
This is not the first time Nigerians will be killed in South Africa. In mid-July a Nigerian businessman was assassinated while two other Nigerians were killed at the end of July.
