The Consul-General of the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, says the mission is set to protest against killings and high-handedness of the South African police against Nigerians.
The planned protest was necessitated by the continued killing of Nigerians residing in the former apartheid country where 130 Nigerians were murdered in 30 months up to September 2018. The figure has since increased.
Adama made the announcement while reacting to the latest killing of a Nigerian, Maxwell Okoye by the South African Police.
The envoy, who described the persistent killing of Nigerians as unacceptable, said the issue had become worrisome and deserved urgent intervention of the South African authorities.
Adama said that by the time members of Nigerian community in the area got to Okoye’s home, his house was turned upside down and he was reported dead by the police who took his body to the mortuary.
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According to him, the matter was reported by Nigerians to the South African police who promised to commence an investigation into the matter.
