{"id":136694,"date":"2024-01-05T13:18:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T13:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/05\/probe-begins-after-police-kill-19-year-old-nigerian-in-canada\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T13:18:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T13:18:12","slug":"probe-begins-after-police-kill-19-year-old-nigerian-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/05\/probe-begins-after-police-kill-19-year-old-nigerian-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Probe Begins After Police Kill 19-Year-Old Nigerian In Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-495179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Abike-Dabiri-OnoBello.jpg\" alt=\"FG issues strong warning to Togo and Ghana over attacks on Nigerians over there\" width=\"350\" height=\"427\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government says the Canadian authorities have begun investigations into the killing of a 19-year-old Nigerian, Afolabi Stephen.<\/p>\n<p>Information Nigeria understands that the deceased was killed by a trigger happy policemen in Manitoba, Canada on December 31, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, made the disclosure in a condolence message issued by the commission\u2019s Director of Media and Public Relations and Protocols, Abdur-Rahman Balogun.<\/p>\n<p>She however promised the deceased\u2019s family and Nigerians in Canada that the probe would be thorough and that justice would be served.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in touch with the Nigerian mission in Ottawa who have the assurances of the Canadian authorities that investigations into the unfortunate incident have begun and will be thorough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Afolabi and pray unto God to allow his gentle and innocent soul to rest in perfect peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Kano: 24-Year-Old Fake Doctor Injects Pregnant Teenager To Death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though details surrounding Afolabi\u2019s death are unclear, the Winnipeg, Manitoba Police Department, in a statement posted on its website via Winnipeg.ca, said its officers responded to a call about a young male who was acting \u201cerratically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, upon arrival, efforts to calm the young man proved abortive which led to a discharge of firearm by them which ultimately led to his death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn December 31, 2023, at approximately 2:22 p.m., the Winnipeg Police Service responded to an apartment suite in the first 100 block of University Crescent for a 911 call regarding a male acting erratically. The caller advised the male may be armed and there were other people in the suite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon police arrival, they were confronted by an armed male. During this encounter, an officer discharged their firearm, striking the male. Officers provided immediate medical care and ensured the wellbeing of all other parties on scene. 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Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, made the disclosure in a condolence message issued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Probe Begins After Police Kill 19-Year-Old Nigerian In Canada - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/05\/probe-begins-after-police-kill-19-year-old-nigerian-in-canada\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Probe Begins After Police Kill 19-Year-Old Nigerian In Canada - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal Government says the Canadian authorities have begun investigations into the killing of a 19-year-old Nigerian, Afolabi Stephen. 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