The Nigerian government has pointed out the involvement of South Africa’s law enforcement in the deaths of three Nigerians amidst the anti-immigrant protests in the Southern African country.
The Nigerian government asserted that the South African police bear criminal liability in this fatal incident, warning that it will mobilize regional and international measures to ensure that those responsible for violence against foreign nationals are held accountable.
As seen on Bloomberg, Nigeria accused South African police, especially officers from the Tshwane Metro Police, of murdering a Nigerian on June 28 in Pretoria "using gruesome interrogation techniques," according to an emailed statement from the Nigerian foreign ministry on Sunday.
The officer in question is also suspected of “extra-judicial killing” of another Nigerian, the statement said, while a third Nigerian was killed under very suspicious circumstances.
According to the ministry, data compiled by its diplomatic missions in South Africa "lays the grounds for criminal liability" on the part of the South African government and police, and these killings implicate state liability under international law.
