Another Nigerian Killed In South Africa

The President of the Nigerian Community in South Africa, Mr Benjamin Okoli, has decried the killing of a Nigerian, Mr Ire Chinello by an unidentified assailant on March 31 in South Africa.

Okoli, who gave this data in an announcement made obtainable to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja, described the killing, which he stated was cult associated as mindless.

He stated that the killing was not a xenophobic assault however a cult associated disaster amongst Nigerians residing in South Africa.

According to him, the deceased, popularly referred to as Ire, was shot and killed at Sunnyside Pretoria, South Africa in what appeared like a cult associated killing.

“There has been a spate of cult killing amongst Nigerians, that had claimed so many lives, as many as no fewer than 25 Nigerians misplaced their lives over a interval of lower than two years.

“This mindless killing has diminished us to close nothing within the eyes of the South Africans and the police, who see us as killers, cultists, fraudsters and drug sellers.

“It makes the police to not take our circumstances critical, having thought of it riddance to dangerous garbage.

”Our attraction, nevertheless, to the South African authorities is that the police should contemplate each case and examine identical on its advantage with the intention of bringing the culprits to justice,” he stated.

The Consul General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr Godwin Adama, who decried the killings stated the scenario had assumed an alarming charge.

“The killing of Mr Ire Chinello, a case of cult associated killing at Sunnysidde Pretoria; eyewitness account indicated that he was killed by unidentified gunmen, who fled the scene.

“Cult related killing among Nigerians has assumed an alarming proportion in South Africa,” he added.