A rivalry war between drug
dealers in Goa, India has led to
the brutal murder of a Nigerian
citizen.
Goan Police officials claim the
man was stabbed to death last
week during a rivalry war
between Goan citizens and
Nigerian drug traffickers while
local media reports said the
Nigerian was hacked to death
by a group of Goan drug traffickers, while five other Nigerians suffered stab
wounds.
Nigeria told India on Tuesday that it feared for the safety of its nationals in the
resort state of Goa after one of its citizens was slain and a local legislator
compared Nigerians to “cancer”.
Nigeria’s High Commission called the death a “cold-blooded” killing.
After the murder, over 200 Nigerians took to the street to protest the killing of
their fellow citizen, chasing a police hearse carrying the corpse of the dead
Nigerian and putting the body on the road. 53 of the protesters were arrested
by Goan Police officials.Following the demonstration, which blocked Goa’s main
highway for several hours, Goa’s chief minister Manohar Parrikar asked police to
track down Nigerians living illegally in the former Portuguese colony so that they
could be deported.
After the protest, a minister in the state’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party
government, Dayanand Mandrekar, stirred more controversy by saying: “Nigerians
are like cancer”.
Nigeria’s High Commission issued a diplomatic note and demanded on Tuesday
that the security of its nationals be assured. It also called for the immediate arrest
of those who killed its citizen.
“We have lost one of our nationals in a cold-blooded murder,” Nigerian High
Commission press spokesman Tokunbo Falohun told the Press Trust of India.
“The guilty should be immediately apprehended and brought to justice and they
should also compensate the family of the victim,” the envoy said.
According to another report, around 20 men, with their faces covered, had attacked
some Nigerians outside a restaurant in Parra village.
While Uzoma escaped the first attack, he and another Nigerian, Obinna Paul
Obi, were again targeted some time later, about a kilometre away from the
restaurant. And this time, Uzoma was hacked to death.
Bitterly angered by Uzoma's death, hundreds of Nigerians staged a protest
against the killing.
It was during the protest this Nigerian in the video was subjected to a shocking,
violent assault by groups of Indians.
Goan Police officials claim the
Nigeria told India on Tuesday that it feared for the safety of its nationals in the
Nigeria’s High Commission called the death a “cold-blooded” killing.
After the murder, over 200 Nigerians took to the street to protest the killing of
After the protest, a minister in the state’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party
Nigeria’s High Commission issued a diplomatic note and demanded on Tuesday
“We have lost one of our nationals in a cold-blooded murder,” Nigerian High
“The guilty should be immediately apprehended and brought to justice and they
While Uzoma escaped the first attack, he and another Nigerian, Obinna Paul
It was during the protest this Nigerian in the video was subjected to a shocking,
1 comment:
if it was an American citizen dis case wld hv been very serious
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