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Another Nigerian, Benjamin Simeon been killed in South Africa.
Simeon’s death in the early hours of Saturday brings to over 100, the number of Nigerians murdered in the South African country since 2016.
The killing of the 43-year-old Simeon from Okposi in Ebonyi state was made public in a statement by the Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa made available to newsmen on Saturday.
The Ebonyi State indigene, who was until his death, a Taxify driver, was allegedly shot by yet to be unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Saturday in Johannesburg, a city in South Africa.
The spokesperson for the association, Mr Sunny-Wenike Douglas who signed the statement, revealed that Simeon was killed almost immediately after dropping off his clients in a part of the city.
According to him, an investigating officer with the South Africa Police Service confirmed that a case of murder had been opened on the matter.
The statement also stated that the association would follow up with the case to ensure that the killers were arrested and brought to justice.
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