The killing of a senior government official in her hotel room in South Africa has reignited calls for stiffer measures against the country and its interests in Nigeria, writes Eric Ikhilae.
The incident, like many cases of Nigerians killed in that country, received passing attention – with some suggesting cardiac arrest; but for the curiosity of some concerned Nigerians, who questioned the manner the hotel management and security agencies in South Africa reacted to the incident. He said: “The fact that Mrs. Ndubuisi-Chukwu was a representative of the Nigerian nation at an international conference gives so much gravitas to the case. It needs to be tackled urgently at the highest level, which I sincerely believe you can duly facilitate. We must get to the root, no matter the cost.
“This is not the first time Nigerians have died in suspicious and curious circumstances in South Africa.”Senator Orji Uzor Kalu demanded that the Nigerian government takes measures to stop what he described as the endless killing of Nigerians doing legitimate businesses in the former apartheid country.
“Let us invite their ambassador to Nigeria and our ambassador to South Africa. I don’t know when enough will be better. But enough is enough. This has to stop.”Senator Ahmed Kaita said the killing would not stop as far as the Nigerian government treats killings of Nigerians with kid gloves. He demanded that the government and people of South Africa reciprocate Nigeria’s love and hospitality towards their citizens and interest domiciled in the country.The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri- Erewa was quoted by a news medium that the Nigerian government was not treating the incident with levity, and has demanded thorough investigations into Ndubuisi-Chukwu’s death.
Ikele said four persons were killed in March and April this year, before Mrs. Ndubuisi-Chukwu’s case in June. The Nigerian community in South Africa reported Iwuoha’s murder at the Booysens Police Station in Johannesburg South. Nothing is yet to come out of it. The Nigerian community also reported that four other Nigerians were shot dead in March, three of them murdered in Pretoria and one in Johannesburg.
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