Members of the Nigerian Affiliation of Manitoba have mourned the passing of a 19-year-old Nigerian, Afolabi Stephen, who was killed by policemen on December 31, 2023.
Although the main points of his dying are nonetheless sketchy, the Winnipeg, Manitoba Police Division, in a press release posted on its web site through Winnipeg.ca, stated its officers responded to a name a couple of younger male who was appearing “erratically”.
The police famous that upon arrival, efforts to calm the younger man proved abortive which led to the discharge of a firearm by the police which finally led to his dying.
The assertion learn, “On December 31, 2023, at roughly 2:22 pm, the Winnipeg Police Service responded to an residence suite within the first 100 block of College Crescent for a 911 name concerning a male appearing erratically. The caller suggested the male could also be armed and there have been different individuals within the suite.
“Upon police arrival, they had been confronted by an armed male. Throughout this encounter, an officer discharged his firearm, hanging the male. Officers offered quick medical care and ensured the well-being of all different events on the scene. No person else was injured.
“The male was transported to the hospital in important situation and succumbed to his accidents.”
Mourning his dying, the Nigerian Affiliation in Manitoba, Canada in a press release signed by its President, Vera Keyede, provided condolences to the household of the deceased whereas urging the Nigerian neighborhood to remain calm whereas investigations proceed.
The assertion learn, “The Nigerian Affiliation of Manitoba needs to specific her deepest concern and remorse over the unlucky incident involving the taking pictures that led to the dying of a Nigerian worldwide pupil, by the Winnipeg Police Service on the thirty first of December 2023.
“We prolong our condolences to the deceased household and pals. We perceive the anxiousness, frustration, unhappiness and misery this incident has brought on inside our neighborhood. We plead with everybody to not interact in any exercise which will trigger any pressure or hinder the method of investigation and the legislation.
“This can be a difficult time for all of us, we want the Nigerian neighborhood to stay calm and composed as investigations are underway. We acknowledge the neighborhood’s proper to hunt solutions and justice for one in all our personal. NAMI is carefully monitoring the state of affairs and in search of steerage on the right way to proceed.
“NAMI will proceed to offer updates as extra data turns into accessible to us. We prolong our assist to these straight or not directly affected by this unlucky incident and we can’t over-emphasise the necessity for solidarity throughout these difficult instances.”
The PUNCH, in a current report, revealed that within the final seven years, about 300 Nigerians have been murdered extrajudicially in overseas nations.
In 2022, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Fee, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, spoke about how Nigerians had been being killed in Northern Cyprus for no identified purpose.
In keeping with her, 13 Nigerians had been killed in Northern Cyprus in six years with none decision.