Over 6,000 Nigerians has been confirmed to be investigated for various crimes in South Africa, this was revealed on Wednesday by Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Kabir Bala.
Ambassador Kabir Bala haven confirmed that the statistics were from South Africa Police Service noted that the crimes ranges from drug-related offences to murder, fraud and armed robbery
His words:
“We have to look at it from a proper perspective so that we don’t tilt the balance. And then we overlook the fact that some of our nationals engage in things that are not legal here”
“We have 6, 089 of them having cases that are being concluded or investigated and some of them in prison, we have them”
He however, explained that the accused persons whether Nigerians or other nationals have the right to a fair trial, before being convicted if found guilt in correlation to the laws.
His remark follows a meeting of the heads of Nigeria’s two missions in South Africa in Pretoria today, on the country’s crime statistics as it is related to Nigerian citizens.
Present were the Police Minister Bheki Cele and top police officials.
