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Killing of another Nigerian in South Africa unfortunate
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dabiri-erewa expressed disappointment over an early warning signal put in place by both ministries which she said had still not been implemented1 mrs abike dabiri-erewa senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora is worried over the killing of another nigerian in south africa describing it as unfortunate1 the nigeria consulate-general in south africa said that the ugly incident was said to have occurred at 10 koppe middleburg mpumalanga south africa on july 61 the mission said that lawrence was shot six times by his assailant and died before reaching hospital1 dabiri-erewa in short message sent to the news agency of nigeria nan on sunday in abuja described the recent killing as unfortunate1 she said that further enquiry over nigeria issue with south africa should be directed to the ministry of foreign affairs1 all enquiries should be directed to the minister of foreign affairs geoffrey onyeama who has vowed to take decisive action with the new foreign affairs minister in south africa1 the nigeria mission in south africa had on sunday confirmed the killing of mr ozumba tochukwu-lawrence by an unknown gunman in the country1 she stated that no fewer than 117 nigerians were extra-judicially killed in south africa between 2016 and 2018 for one flimsy reason or the other1 she said that many more had followed since then1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that killing of nigerians in south africa had been on the increase in recent times1 before the latest one there was the assassination of thankgod okoro who was reportedly shot dead in hamburg florida west rand johannesburg on april 9 2018 by the south african police flying squad1 there was also the killing of clement nwaogu in april a father of two who was burnt to death by his assailant1 these wanton killings of nigerians in south africa had sparked a number of protests there1 for demanding justice on behalf of their fallen compatriots 14 of the protesters were taken into custody and branded drug peddlers1