{"id":1269701,"date":"2022-12-24T09:14:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T09:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/24\/nigerian-man-dies-after-alleged-attacked-by-taxi-drivers-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T09:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T09:14:09","slug":"nigerian-man-dies-after-alleged-attacked-by-taxi-drivers-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/24\/nigerian-man-dies-after-alleged-attacked-by-taxi-drivers-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Man Dies After Alleged Attacked By Taxi Drivers In South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Chinwuko Ugochukwu Augustine, a Nigerian national, passed away in South Africa after allegedly being attacked by taxi drivers.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, taxi drivers attacked some Nigerian citizens in Benoni, a town in the Gauteng province\u2019s Ekurhuleni municipality. The attack happened on 9th December, 2022 and it was not clear what led to the attack.<\/p>\n<p>In front of the police station, the victims were said to have been severely beaten with sjamboks and machetes.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chinwuko sustained multiple stab wounds during the attack and was rushed to Glenwood Hospital where he died on Wednesday, December 21.<\/p>\n<p>Angered by the death, a group of Nigerians and other African nationals gathered outside the Benoni Police Station on Wednesday night to protest the killing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: <\/strong>8 Killed, 47 Houses Burnt As Herders, Farmers Clash In Borno<\/p>\n<p>Police were forced to use rubber bullets to disperse the crowd outside the station. The group demanded that the police launch a manhunt for the victim\u2019s killer.<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng police spokesperson, Colonel Noxolo Kweza, confirmed that they are investigating a case of murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one has been arrested as yet, but a docket has been opened pending investigation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are calling on anyone with information that could help police on the whereabouts of the suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Consulate General of Nigeria in a statement on Wednesday, advised Nigerians in Benoni to take precautionary measures moving around the area.<\/p>\n<p>See photos below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-860801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nigerian-national.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"1024\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-860802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nigerian-beaten.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1599\" height=\"899\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinwuko Ugochukwu Augustine, a Nigerian national, passed away in South Africa after allegedly being attacked by taxi drivers. According to reports, taxi drivers attacked some Nigerian citizens in Benoni, a town in the Gauteng province\u2019s Ekurhuleni municipality. The attack happened on 9th December, 2022 and it was not clear what led to the attack. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1269702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269701","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=1269701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}