The spokesperson for the Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA), Akindele Olunloyo, has alleged that South African security personnel, including the police and soldiers, extrajudicially kill Nigerians and other African migrants in the Southern African country.
Olunloyo dismissed widespread reports that Nigerians killed in South Africa, particularly two Nigerians killed in April 2026, were victims of xenophobic attacks, insisting instead that the deaths of both victims, Ekmeyong Andrew and Aramiru Emmanuel, were linked to South African security personnel.
Speaking during an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters, Olunloyo said that although anti-foreigner protesters have been ravaging parts of South Africa this year, as usual, no Nigerian was directly killed during those demonstrations.
According to him, the deaths of Ekmeyong Andrew and Aramiru Emmanuel were separate incidents allegedly involving law enforcement officers and members of the South African National Defence Force.
“It is important to put the record straight. No Nigerian, and I'm saying it again very clearly, no Nigerian was killed in xenophobic protests in South Africa this year,” Olunloyo said.
