The immediate past Nigeria Ambassador to South Africa,
Ahmed Ibeto has disclosed that the killings of Nigerian citizens were
being carried out by Nigerians themselves contrary to claims of
xenophobic attacks.
Speaking during an interactive session with journalists
shortly after the presentation a letter of intention to vie for the
governorship of Niger state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) on Monday
in Minna, Ibeto said from the statistics of killings and their remote
and immediate causes available to the Nigeria Embassy, most of the
incidences were as a result of conflict between Nigerians.
“I can authoritatively tell you from the evidences we have that out of four of such killings involving Nigerians, three are by Nigerians themselves as a result of rivalry, shady deals, cultism and drugs,” he said.
He said in most cases, the conflict is as a result of
territorial control between drug barons which often results in deaths
and destructions, even as he disclosed that barons also kill their aides
and workers who betray them in the cause of business.
He explained that he has on many occasions submitted
detailed reports on such crises to the federal government, who promptly
collaborate with South Africa authority to stem the tide.
He however said there were few exception where South Africans attack and even murder Nigerians.
Ibeto on Monday 30th July 2018, officially submitted his
resignation as Nigeria High Commissioner in the Republic of South
Africa. He then proceeded to his hometown and resigned his membership of
the All Progressives Congress (APC) and formally rejoined the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP)
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