Two weeks after the killing of Chinonso Dennis Obiaju, 17 by unknown gunmen in South Africa that led to agitations of Nigerians,banother Nigerian has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in South Africa.
This was revealed based on informations from Johannesburg on Saturday.
The victim, 43-year-old Benjamin Simeon from Okposi, Ebonyi state as identified by the Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa.
Benjamin Simeon, a Taxify driver was allegedly shot in the early hours of Saturday by unknown gunmen in Johannesburg.
The spokesperson for the association, Mr. Sunny-Wenike Douglas, said the victim was killed moment after dropping off his clients in a part of the city.
Douglas added that an investigating officer with the South Africa Police Service confirmed that a case of murder had been opened on the matter.
He vowed that his association would follow up with the case to ensure that the killers were arrested and brought to justice.
On June 12, a Nigerian insurance officer, Mrs Obianuju Ndubuisi-Chukwu, was murdered in South Africa while attending a conference there.
Her killing was followed shortly by the murder of a Nigerian teenager who was also shot dead in Johannesburg.
