A 36-year-old Nigerian tomato trader has been killed in Pretoria, South Africa by unknown assailants.
Confirming the incident, Mr Habib Salihu, Publicity
Secretary of the Nigerian Union in South Africa (NUSA) said the victim,
James Ekeh, an indigene of Imo, was shot several times by unknown gunmen
at Mabopane Station near Pretoria.
“Since Ebuka (another victim) was killed in Rustenburg more
than two months ago without any arrest or prosecution, no fewer than
six Nigerians have been brutally murdered," said Salihu.
“These killings came without any meaningful intervention to
bring the perpetrators to book irrespective of their nationality. Four
other Nigerians were also shot dead in Johannesburg area less than two
months ago. This means that an average of one Nigerian is gunned down
every week,’’ he added.
Salihu said that the animosity by Nigerians toward South
Africans might become uncontrollable if nothing was done to stop the
killings.
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