{"id":1228704,"date":"2022-10-19T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/19\/nigerian-consulate-raises-alarm-on-violent-killings-of-nigerians-in-durban\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T12:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T12:00:38","slug":"nigerian-consulate-raises-alarm-on-violent-killings-of-nigerians-in-durban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/19\/nigerian-consulate-raises-alarm-on-violent-killings-of-nigerians-in-durban\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Consulate raises alarm on \u2018violent killings\u2019 of Nigerians in Durban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/6e210174-62fe-53aa-9708-87bb3491c6ca&amp;operation=CROP&amp;offset=0x5&amp;resize=600x338\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pretoria \u2013 The Consulate General of Nigeria, based in Joburg, said it has noted with great concern reports of \u201cviolent killings\u201d of Nigerian nationals in Durban.<\/p>\n<p>In a public notice seen by , dated 17 October, issued by the Consulate General in Saxonwold, the Nigerian envoy expressed sadness over the \u201ccondemnable\u201d murders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Consulate General, Johannesburg, has received with great concern reports of recent killings of Nigerians in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province. The killings, which happened in the last three weeks, are unnecessary, condemnable, and utterly callous. The Consulate General is saddened by the developments and hereby extends its heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the victims,\u201d the diplomatic mission said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the mission is confident that the South African Police Service will conduct full and thorough investigations into the murders, it is pertinent to enjoin all Nigerians residing in KwaZulu-Natal province to remain calm, security conscious and law-abiding.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"baobab-embedded-image\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/resize\/650x65000?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/77c3d758-f06e-5e76-8a81-27405bab84d4\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\"\/><figcaption>The Nigerian Consulate in Joburg has appealed for calm, following the reports of \u201cviolent killings\u201d of Nigerian nationals in Durban. Photo: Nigerian Consulate\/Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTo this end, it is advised that Nigerians should endeavour to avoid potential flash points and immediately report any threats to life and property to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Consulate General advised Nigerian families directly impacted by the \u201clatest gruesome killings\u201d to contact it for consular assistance.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the High Commission of Nigeria warned Nigerians living in South Africa to be \u201cvigilant and exercise caution\u201d following the anti-immigrant sentiments and threats linked to the Operation Dudula movement.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory, seen by , alerted its nationals to actions being planned against immigrants in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to advise Nigerians living in South Africa to be vigilant and exercise caution in their activities due to the recent utterances of the proponents of the Operation Dudula and their threats to attack foreign nationals in this country,\u201d the advisory said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe group, through public notice and video clips circulated on social media, has informed of plans to march against foreign migrants in South Africa starting from 2nd of September 2022 and specifically on foreign business owners, shops and undocumented foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerian residents in South Africa are hereby advised to exercise caution and be watchful carrying out their day-to-day activities,\u201d the advisory, signed by an official from the Consular Section of the High Commission in Pretoria, concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pretoria \u2013 The Consulate General of Nigeria, based in Joburg, said it has noted with great concern reports of \u201cviolent killings\u201d of Nigerian nationals in Durban. In a public notice seen by , dated 17 October, issued by the Consulate General in Saxonwold, the Nigerian envoy expressed sadness over the \u201ccondemnable\u201d murders. \u201cThe Consulate General, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1228704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}