Barely a week after a 35 year old Nigerian businessman, Ikejiaku
Chinedu, was beaten to death by guards of a private security firm
situated on the outskirts of Polokwane, Limpopo Province of South
Africa, at about 8p.m on Tuesday July 25th, two other Nigerians, Gideon
Ogalaonye and Nnamdi Michael have been killed in the country.
According to Ikechukwu Anyene the president of the
Nigeria Union in South Africa, one of the victims, Gideon Ogalaonye who
hails from Onitsha, Anambra was allegedly shot dead while on a visit to
the home of his daughters while Nnamdi Michael from Enugu state was
allegedly stabbed to death by a Zimbabwean who wanted to steal his
mobile phone. The Zimbawean has been arrested by the South African
police.