Union confirms killing of Nigerian technician in South Africa

- 35-year-old Jelili Omoyele has been shot dead in
South Africa
- He was shot dead after an argument over an
unpaid R300 (N11,400) rent
- A murder docket has been opened at Jeppe
police state near Johannesburg
A Nigerian, Jelili Omoyele, 35-year-old
cellular phone technician, was allegedly shot
dead in Johannesburg on Saturday, October
7, the Nigeria Union, South Africa, has said.
Its president, Mr Adetola Olubajo, told the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone
from Johannesburg that Omoyele, a.k.a Ja
Rule and native of Ibadan, Oyo state, was
killed at a parking lot at Doornfontein,
Gauteng Province.
He said a fact-finding team to the scene led
by him and national welfare officer, Mr Trust
Owoyele, met an eyewitness, Mr Sipususo
Mkalipi, a South African taxi driver, who
confirmed the killing.
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“The deceased and the son of the caretaker of
a parking lot had an argument over an unpaid
R300 (N11,400) rent.
“The witness said that the deceased decided to
leave his car in the parking lot till Monday
because he had no money to pay, but the
caretaker’s son shot him on his way out of the
building.
“ Omoyele gave up the ghost a few minutes
later,” he said.
Olubajo said Mkalipi was the driver, who
brought the victim to the parking lot.
According to him, a murder docket has been
opened at Jeppe police state near
Johannesburg while the case has been
forwarded to the union’s legal adviser, Mr
Omoreige Ogboro, for a follow-up.
The Nigeria Union President also said the
incident had been reported to the Nigerian
Mission in South Africa.
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“We implore the mission to give necessary
support to the union in order to ensure that
justice is served.
“Omoyele is survived by a pregnant wife also
in South Africa and his parents in Nigeria,” he
said.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the
Nigerian Union in South Africa on Thursday
August 17 said that another Nigerian, Mr
Uchenna Eloh, was killed in the Western Cape
Province of that country.
NAIJ.com gathered that Kanayo Onwumelu,
chairman, Western Cape chapter of the
union, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
on telephone from Cape Town that Eloh was
strangled to death by South African
policemen.

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