Nigeria Community In South Africa Decries Killing Of Nigerians In The Country

In respect to the killings of Nigerians in South Africa, the president of the Nigerian Community in the country, Benjamin Okoli, has reacted to the killing of Ire Chinello by unknown assailant.

Okoli in a statement released to NAN described the killing of the Nigerian as senseless.

He stated that the killing was not a case of xenophobic attack but a cult related issue among Nigerians living in South Africa.

Okoli stated that Ire was shot at Sunnyside Pretoria, South Africa in a cult related killing.

“There has been a spate of cult killing among Nigerians, that had claimed so many lives, as many as no fewer than 25 Nigerians lost their lives over a period of fewer than two years.”

“This senseless killing has reduced us to near nothing in the eyes of the South Africans and the police, who see us as killers, cultists, fraudsters and drug dealers.”

“It makes the police not to take our cases serious, having considered it good riddance to bad rubbish.”

“Our appeal, however, to the South African authorities is that the police must consider every case and investigate same on its merit with the aim of bringing the culprits to justice,” he said.

The Consul General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr Godwin Adama, who reacted to the killings said the situation had assumed an alarming rate.

“The killing of Mr Ire Chinello, a case of cult related killing at Sunnyside Pretoria; eyewitness account indicated that he was killed by unidentified gunmen, who fled the scene.”
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“Cult related killing among Nigerians has assumed an alarming proportion in South Africa,”.