Grief-stricken Nigerian
community in South Africa has confirmed the vicious killing of two members
within 48 hours, barely a month after President Jacob Zuma was honoured by
the Imo State Government.
In October,
a Nigerian man was shot dead in South Africa over an alleged 300 Rand (about
N7,500) parking lot debt.
A source
close to the Nigerian community told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
telephone from Johannesburg, yesterday, that the first victim, Ikechukwu
Mmanwoke Edmond, 40, was killed on November 11.
The source
said the deceased, a businessman and native of Ihembosi, Ekwusigo Local
Government Area of Anambra, was killed in front of his house on Amant Street,
Malvern, Johannesburg.
It quoted an
eyewitness and neighbour of Ikechukwu, Sibongile as saying that six men came to
their house and started breaking doors and taking out their personal effects.
“When she
(Sibongile ) raised alarm, they started beating her. When Ikechukwu came in and
saw what was happening, he brought out his phone to call the police.
“A member of
the gang took a brick and hit him in the face and he fell down. When the police
arrived, he was already dead,” the source told NAN.
The second
victim, Eluka Agu, native of Ihiala also from Anambra, was allegedly robbed and
then beaten by some South Africans at Oliven, Centurion on
Monday (Nov. 13).
The said the
police came and took him away to his house for a search.
“The victim
pleaded with the police to take him to the hospital for treatment but they
refused.
“After
searching his house without finding anything, he died as a result of the severe
beating.”
As usual,
the Nigerian community in the area which expressed worry about the incidents,
had vowed to take up the matter with “appropriate authorities,” the source
added.
- Sun News
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