Presidency demands autopsy on Nigerian killed in Kenya

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike DabiriErewa, has demanded for full autopsy and investigation from Kenya Government into the alleged killing of a Nigerian, Mr. Bamiyo Ashade, by the Kenyan police.

Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement by her media aide, AbdurRahman Balogun, said the reported killing was contained in the briefing by the Nigerian Ambassador in Kenya, Amb. Sheidu Momoh, who met Nigerians in Kenya and pleaded with them to remain calm.

According to the envoy, the Nigerian High Commission is on top of the situation and had met with the aggrieved Nigerians for four hours with a formal complaint to the Kenyan Foreign Affairs demanding full autopsy.

He said he had met the family of the bereaved to commiserate with them with an assurance that justice will prevail.

The deceased, Bamiyo Ashade, also known as Bamo, the second born in a family of three, was brutalised at his house in Four Ways estate, Kiambu on Monday Oct. 15, while the police officers allegedly tried to extort him despite finding out he had valid papers.

However, report said he stood his ground, as he didn’t commit any crime. The officers then resorted to harassment and assault. Seeing that he was nearing his death, he was quickly rushed to a hospital, where he died.

“In view of the foregoing, we appeal to the Kenya Government to conduct thorough investigation into the gruesome killing of this young Nigerian and bring the perpetrator to justice accordingly,” Dabiri-Erewa said.

She also said that full investigation had commenced into the circumstances of a Nigerian man who died after he fell from the 8th floor of his apartment due to the fear of being arrested by some officials of the Kenyan law enforcement agency in Nairobi.

The sad incident happened on Sept. 26, and the deceased was laid to rest, on Monday Oct. 15, at the Langata cemetery, Kenya.