The
President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Ikechukwu Anyene, on Thursday,
criticized the killing of a 30 year old Nigerian in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.
Mr Emeka
Ezinteje, Public Relations Officer of the union, told NAN in Johannesburg that
the union decried the incident after receiving the report.
NAN
recalls that the Nigerian, Nonso Odo, from Amangwu-Nkwerre, Imo State, on
Thursday, was allegedly beaten to death by South African Police officers.
Ezinteje
said reports indicated that the deceased, who was a barber, quarreled with a
fellow Nigerian in their business centre.
“After
the quarrel, the fellow Nigerian stopped a police patrol team. The barber ran
when he saw the patrol team.”
According
to Ezinteje, the police patrol went after the victim; 30 minutes later, the
police brought back the lifeless body of the barber.
“Not
satisfied with the police report, some members of the union went to see the
corpse in hospital.”
He said
Sgt. Nengobeni, a South African police officer at the hospital, denied that the
police killed him.
The
officer said the police were flagged down by somebody while the victim took to
his heels.
Nengobeni
said by the time the police got to the victim, he was tired and gasping for
breath and was pronounced dead on getting to the hospital.
Ezinteje
said the union suspected foul play and would get to the root of the case.
“We have
also received reports by eyewitnesses that Odo was beaten to death.”
“We have
ordered a post mortem to ascertain the cause of Odo’s death. The union will
also take this case to the Independent Police Investigative Department, for
more investigation.”
“The department
is responsible for investigating wrong doings by police officers,” he said.
He also
said the incident had been reported to Nigeria`s Consulate General in
Johannesburg and Hillbrow Police Station, also in Johannesburg.
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