Two young Nigerians have allegedly been killed during a renewed xenophobic attack in South Africa
The latest killing brings the number of Nigerians killed in the former apartheid enclave since February, 2016 to 118.
Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Habib Miller, told NAN in a telephone interview that two Nigerians were again killed in South Africa in the past eight days.
Miller, who spoke from Pretoria, South Africa, identified the latest victims as Francis Ochuba, a native of Ngodo community in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia.
He named the other victim as Chidi Ibebuike, native of Uturu in the Isikwuato Local Government Area also in Abia.
“Ochuba, a property owner, was shot dead alongside his estate agent, a female South African on May 5. They were shot dead as they visited the tenant occupying Ochuba’s house to collect rent.