The Presidency has reacted to alleged extra-judicial
killing of a Nigerian in the South Africa by security
agents.
According to the Senior Special Assistant to President
Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora,
Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the killing of a Nigerian
in South Africa is “worrying and condemnable”.
In a statement made available to NAN, Dabiri-Erewa
said the latest gruesome killing of a Nigerian, Tochukwu
Nnadi by police in South Africa, was unacceptable to
the people and government of Nigeria.
She noted that the killing of Nnadi has brought the
number of Nigerians killed in South Africa through
extra-judicial to 20 in 2016 alone.
“The barbaric behaviour of the perpetrators is not only
unacceptable, but also calls for urgent attention by
diplomatic authorities in Nigeria and South Africa,” she
said.
However, she reiterated President Muhammadu
Buhari’s calls to Nigerians to avoid crimes like drug
peddling which attracts stiff penalties, sometimes
death.
“While appealing to Nigerians to avoid crimes, the
extra-judicial killing of Nigerians is condemnable and
unacceptable,” she said.
Dabiri-Erewa urged the South African government to
ensure that justice prevailed by carrying out
investigation and bring the culprit to book.
She added: “My heart goes out to the families of the
deceased and pray God to grant the departed soul
eternal rest.”
Recall that a Nigerian based in South Africa, Tochukwu
Nnadi, was allegedly choked to death by police in South
Africa on Thursday, December 29, 2016 after he was
arrested for allegedly selling drugs.
According to eyewitnesses, the man, popularly known
as King Kingsley, was not struggling after he was
arrested and handcuffed, but one of the officers held
onto his neck and sq££zed tightly until blood started
gushing out.
