A Nigerian, by name Jelili Omoyele, 35-year-old
cellular phone technician, was allegedly shot dead in Johannesburg on Saturday,
October 7, the Nigeria Union, South Africa, has said. Its president, Mr Adetola
Olubajo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Johannesburg
that Omoyele, a.k.a Ja Rule and native of Ibadan, Oyo state, was killed at a
parking lot at Doornfontein, Gauteng Province. He said a fact-finding team to
the scene led by him and national welfare officer, Mr Trust Owoyele, met an
eyewitness, Mr Sipususo Mkalipi, a South African taxi driver, who confirmed the
killing.
The deceased and the son of the caretaker of a
parking lot had an argument over an unpaid R300 (N11,400) rent.
The
witness said that the deceased decided to leave his car in the parking lot till
Monday because he had no money to pay, but the caretaker’s son shot him on his
way out of the building. “ Omoyele gave up the ghost a few minutes later,” he
said. Olubajo said Mkalipi was the driver, who brought the victim to the
parking lot. According to him, a murder docket has been opened at Jeppe police
state near Johannesburg while the case has been forwarded to the union’s legal
adviser, Mr Omoreige Ogboro, for a follow-up. The Nigeria Union President also
said the incident had been reported to the Nigerian Mission in South Africa
We implore the mission to give necessary
support to the union in order to ensure that justice is served. “Omoyele is
survived by a pregnant wife also in South Africa and his parents in Nigeria,”
he said. Meanwhile, We had reported that the Nigerian Union in South Africa on
Thursday August 17 said that another Nigerian, Mr Uchenna Eloh, was killed in
the Western Cape Province of that country. We had gathered that Kanayo
Onwumelu, chairman, Western Cape chapter of the union, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Cape Town that Eloh was strangled to death by
South African policemen.
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