Nigerian Killed In Goa India By Indian Drug Dealers “Nigerians Are Like Cancer” – Goan Minister

A rivalry war between drug
dealers in Goa, India has led to the
brutal murder of a Nigerian citizen .
Goan Police officials claim the man was stabbed
to death last week during a rivalry war between
Goan citizens and Nigerian drug traffickers while
local media reports said the Nigerian was
hacked to death by a group of Goan drug
traffickers , while five other Nigerians suffered
stab wounds.

Nigeria told India on Tuesday that it feared for
the safety of its nationals in the resort state of
Goa after one of its citizens was slain and a
local legislator compared Nigerians to “cancer”.

Nigeria’s High Commission called the death a
“cold-blooded” killing.

After the murder, over 200 Nigerians took to the
street to protest the killing of their fellow citizen,
chasing a police hearse carrying the corpse of
the dead Nigerian and putting the body on the
road. 53 of the protesters were arrested by Goan
Police officials.

Following the demonstration, which blocked
Goa’s main highway for several hours, Goa’s
chief minister Manohar Parrikar asked police to
track down Nigerians living illegally in the former
Portuguese colony so that they could be
deported.
After the protest, a minister in the state’s Hindu
nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party government,
Dayanand Mandrekar, stirred more controversy
by saying: “Nigerians are like cancer”.

Nigeria’s High Commission issued a diplomatic
note and demanded on Tuesday that the security
of its nationals be assured. It also called for the
immediate arrest of those who killed its citizen.
“We have lost one of our nationals in a cold-
blooded murder,” Nigerian High Commission
press spokesman Tokunbo Falohun told the
Press Trust of India.

“The guilty should be immediately apprehended
and brought to justice and they should also
compensate the family of the victim,” the envoy
said.
The previous day, another High Commission
official warned of repercussions against Indians
living in Nigeria if Goa did not stop “evicting
Nigerians” from the state and failed to arrest the
killers.
Asked if there will be any “repercussions” from
the murder, Falohun said Tuesday there would
be none if the matter was “justifiably” dealt with
by Indian authorities.
“There is a large Indian community working in
Nigeria. There are two temples in Lagos and all
Indians have freedom to worship and for their
other activities. We also are demanding the
same,” Falohun said.
Meanwhile, India’s foreign ministry spokesman
Syed Akbaruddin said in New Delhi that he was
sure that the row could be settled “amicably”.
“We have been assured that the investigation
(into the murder) is underway,” he said.
Insult to injury. Can you imagine them
comparing Nigerians to cancer.
There are millions of Indians living and working
in Nigeria today especially in Lagos state.
Nigerians are graceful people that accommodate
people from all over the world
I wish other countries can start treating them
with some level of respect.