Presidency condemns killing of Nigerians in UK

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has condemned recent killings of some Nigerians in London, United Kingdom.

In a statement by her Media Aide, Abdur-Rahman Balogun in Abuja yesterday, she said the killing of blacks, especially Nigerians in London, was worrisome and disturbing.

It was reported that over 50 blacks, mainly youths, were either stabbed or gunned down in the first quarter of 2018 in London alone.

Nigerians killed in the UK in the first quarter of 2018, mainly London, include Oluwadamilola Odeyingbo 18, Taofeek Lamidi, 20 and Harry Uzoka, 25. Others were Rotimi Oshinbajo, 26, Fola Odubiyi, 18, Niyi Shode, 24, Kelvin Odunuyi, 19, Abraham Badru, 26, Israel Ogunsola, 18 and some unreported cases.

The presidential aide had, last week, written another protest letter to the British High Commissioner in Nigeria demanding justice and investigation into the matter.

Dabiri-Erewa, however, advised Nigerians to continue to be good ambassadors of Nigeria by obeying the rules of their host countries and not take laws into their hands.

She condoled with families of the deceased and prayed unto God to comfort them as government continued to seek justice on the gruesome killings.