Protest
Human Rights organisations on
Wednesday in Lagos staged a peaceful protest at the Consular General of Ghana
over the killing of a Nigerian, Godwin Anyogu in Cape Coast, Ghana.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the groups carried
different placards with inscriptions ``Save Nigerian students in Ghana,
Justice for Godwin Anyogu, No more killing of Nigerians in foreign land among
others.
They started the protest at the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital gate, Ikeja through the High Court, Ikeja to the Consulate at
Oba Akinjobi, GRA to present their letter to the official.
The leader of the group and president, Paths of Peace
Initiatives, Mr Dandy Eze said that the rights groups are protesting the death of the
Nigerian without the Ghana police arresting the suspects.
``We wish to bring to your notice the killing of a Nigerian
student, Mr Godwin Anyogu, who was a student at the University of Cape Coast,
Ghana.
``The Nigerian was murdered by his roommates and others who
allegedly collected his school fees of $4,600 (about N7.3 million).
``Afraid that the late Anyogu would travel to Nigeria on
Feb. 19th, 2014 to reveal the collection of his money to his
parents, the gang decided to kill him on same date.
``Since then, the Ghanaian Police in support of the
University authority failed to fish out the killers even when they know them.
``We are therefore using this medium to ask your government
to look into this matter and call the police to arrest the suspects and the
stolen school fee refunded,’’ Eze said.
The mother of the deceased, Mrs Ngozi Anyogu, who also
participated in the protest, told the Ghana officials that she needs justice in
her son’s death.
Mr Isaac Essisili, the Deputy Consular General of Ghana in
Nigeria, who received the protesters’ letter assured them that his home country
was aware of the incident, stressing that justice would be done.
``We are aware of what is happening. We are responding to a
petition send by the deceased father to ECOWAS court. We will send this
petition letter now to Ghana for necessary action.
``I can assure you that the government was looking into the
case seriously. I employ you to be calm while the investigation is going
on. Ghana and Nigeria are one. We console
the family for the death.
``I may not visit the family officially due to international
laws, but on a personal ground, I would visit them to commiserate with the
family,’’ Essisili said. (NAN)
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