Nigerian Man, Stanley Igwe Killed By South African Policemen

Stanley Igwe

A 30-year-old Nigerian identified as Stanley Igwe has been killed by South African policemen in Kwazulu-Natal.

However, Nigerian Citizens’ Association in South Africa (NICASA) has urged Nigerians living in the country to remain calm.

Igwe, 30, who hails from Amandugba Village, Isu Local Government Area of Imo State, was killed by some police officers in Newcastle, KwaZulu-

According to his Facebook page, he lived in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal and was not married.

In a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday, the President-General of NICASA, Mr Ben Okoli, said that the family of the deceased has been duly informed about Igwe’s death.

Okoli appealed to the relatives of the deceased and other Nigerians, to be calm and not take the law into their hands, while they await the autopsy report and subsequent police investigation.