Nigeria condemns fresh killing of its citizens in South Africa

The Nigerian authorities has condemned the sidesplitting of 3 of its citizens successful South Africa successful abstracted incidents betwixt September 18 and 21, 2026.

In a statement, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oluwafemi Adeniyi, said the ministry received reports of the deaths with heavy concern.

The connection identified the victims arsenic Kenechukwu Christopher Igwemmadu, Olaniyi Olaleye Olatunde and Christian Hillary Nnaemeka.

According to the ministry, Igwemmadu died connected September 18 aft allegedly jumping from a gathering portion trying to flight constabulary harassment successful Bloemfontein.

Olatunde was reportedly killed astatine a nightclub successful Pretoria connected September 20, portion Nnaemeka reportedly died pursuing an incidental involving a South African person and an investigative contented creator successful Ekurhuleni connected September 21.

“The Federal Government expressed heavy interest that the incidents occurred astatine a clip erstwhile Nigerians proceed to look xenophobia and Afrophobia successful parts of South Africa,” the ministry said.

The authorities called connected So...