National News Special Report
PETER OBI REVEALS REASONS WHY NIGERIANS ARE BEING KILLED IN SOUTH AFRICA
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Afnews Editor
Jul 21, 2019
Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, in the February 23 presidential election, Peter Obi has condemned the
incessant killings in Nigerians.
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He however noted that the targeting of Nigerians by the
killers "has a lot to do with the way and manner we as a nation value and treat
our own peopleÔÇØ.
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"When we criminalize our people all the time, you don't
expect to get the desired respect and valuing from other people.
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"For Ghanaians to be listed among nationals that can enter
South Africa without visa while Nigerians are being subjected to such extreme
humiliation and killings, should tell a lot about how the global community
regards us.ÔÇØ
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Speaking to newsmen on Sunday, Obi said that Nigerians
should not be killed anywhere, more so in South Africa, given the huge
sacrifices made by Nigeria, including the resources it deployed, to secure
South Africa's freedom.
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The former Anambra State Governor particularly recalled the
personal efforts he made when he was Governor to visit South Africa twice to
discuss this menace in his meetings with Okey Emuchay and Uche Okeke, the
Nigerian diplomats in charge in South Africa at the various times of his visit.
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Speaking against the backdrop of the latest killing of a top
Nigerian Lady, former Deputy Director General of Chartered Insurance Insitute
of Nigeria, Mrs Elizabeth Ndubisi-Chukwu, Obi said that the record of deaths of
Nigerians in South Africa is unacceptable and should not be tolerated any
longer by Nigeria.
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He advised the two leading continental nations to treat this
matter as critical and take steps to stem the killings to prevent any possible
follow-up consequences.
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Obi called on relevant agencies and persons in government
who need to act on the killings to treat them as a priority by bringing to bear
all the necessary energy and urgency to stem the menace and avert the
consequent diplomatic impasse.
