A total of 116 Nigerians have been killed in South Africa through extrajudicial means over the last two years, Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper reports quotes a government official as saying.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a senior official at the foreign office, made the disclosure after meeting Lulu Louis Mnguni, the South African ambassador to Nigeria in the capital, Abuja.
She reportedly said that nearly seven in 10 of the killings were carried out by the South African police:
“In the last two years, 116 Nigerians have been killed in South Africa and according to statistics, 63% of them were killed by the police.”
Mr Mnguni promised the killings would be investigated and those involved would be punished.
