Wife of Nigerian man killed in South Africa renounces citizenship, seeks justice

A woman who has identified herself as the wife of a deceased Nigerian has renounced her South African citizenship following her husband’s death.

Speaking to News Central in a clip posted on Tuesday, the woman lamented the treatment of other Africans in South Africa.

“From now on I won’t be a South African; I’m ashamed to call myself a South African. I am a Nigerian; call me names; I don’t care,” she said.

“All I’m asking is that the Nigerian government stand and fight for our people.”

The bereaved woman said her two sons for the deceased are scared to attend school in the former apartheid country.

“Is it a crime to be Nigerian? Why did they have to kill my father?” she said, quoting her 13-year-old son. What kind of country is this?”

She also alleged that her husband’s suspected killer is walking free, accusing the South African government of being complacent.

She asked the Nigerian high commission in the country to intervene, vowing not to relent until justice is served.

The deceased Nigerian man was said to have been killed in Pretoria in a case of retaliatory violence.

TheCable could not immediately reach the Nigerian high commission for comments.

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