{"id":695810,"date":"2019-08-30T17:01:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"\">\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_702856\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-702856\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-702856\" src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Captur"},"modified":"2019-08-30T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:01:06","slug":"four-south-african-police-arrested-over-murder-of-nigerian-buisness-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/30\/four-south-african-police-arrested-over-murder-of-nigerian-buisness-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Four South African Police Arrested Over Murder Of Nigerian Buisness Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_702856\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-702856\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-702856\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Capture-79.png\" alt=\"Pius Ezekwem\" width=\"391\" height=\"371\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-702856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pius Ezekwem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The South African government have confirmed the arrest of 4 police officers over the murder of\u00a0 a Nigerian businessman residing in the country, Pius Ezekwem.<\/p>\n<p>46-year-old Pius who owned a chain of bread and breakfast guesthouses in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa, was murdered last weekend in the presence of his family members in his home. Pius was killed by 8 police officers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Nigerian Man Stabbed To Death In New Xenophobic Attack In South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the officers had picked the deceased up from a Nigerian eatery where he was hanging out with other Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>They then drove him to his home and shot him dead.<\/p>\n<p>Following a protest from the Nigerian government after the S.A government refsued to arrest anyone in connection to the murder, four police officers have now been arrested and will be charged to court.<\/p>\n<p>Abike Dabiri has given an update on the case via her Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Further to the murder of a Nigerian, Pius Abiaziem on 23\/08\/19, in SA<\/p>\n<p>@DIRCO_ZA<\/p>\n<p>four members of the South African police service have been arrested and will be charged to court immediately .<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Pius Ezekwem The South African government have confirmed the arrest of 4 police officers over the murder of\u00a0 a Nigerian businessman residing in the country, Pius Ezekwem. 46-year-old Pius who owned a chain of bread and breakfast guesthouses in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa, was murdered last weekend in the presence of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":695811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-695810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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