Nigeria’s High Commissioner-designate to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has condemned the alleged killing of a Nigerian man by South African police, describing the incident as unacceptable.
According to Fani-Kayode, a secretly recorded video appeared to show police officers beating the man and suffocating him with a plastic bag inside his home.
He also condemned what he described as the continued targeting of Nigerians living in South Africa and called for those responsible for the alleged killing to be identified and prosecuted.
Fani-Kayode said he raised the matter during discussions with South Africa’s foreign minister, adding that both countries agreed to work towards reducing tensions and strengthening bilateral relations.
The envoy-designate further claimed that at least 90 Nigerians had been killed in South Africa since 2022 by mobs, anti-foreigner groups and security personnel, including six deaths recorded this year.
However, the casualty figures cited by Fani-Kayode have not been independently verified.
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