Nigerians in India have protested the death of a 43-year old Nigerian, Leonard Ifeanyi, who was allegedly assaulted by some police officials died at Deen Dayal Upadhyay, DDU hospital.
The protest which took place in West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar, India on Sunday, witnessed protesters mainly Nigerians, breaking glasses at the hospital.
They also attacked officials of the High Commission of Nigeria led by a consular officer, Mr. I. Jacob, who had come to meet them.
They accused the officials of supporting the killing of Ifeanyi by the Indian police.
Sources say the victim was hit by Lathi a long, heavy iron-bound bamboo stick used as a weapon, especially by the police.
Sahara Reporters who initially reported the story narrated that the young man that the policemen killed went to a lady’s birthday, and he was expecting his brother to arrive in India that morning.
“So, he went to the birthday party because most people saw him at the event. He wanted to spend time there so that before morning, he would go to the airport to pick up his brother.
“So, he left the birthday venue in the morning and went to the airport. On his way out, those policemen arrested him. When he was arrested, they found some money in his possession, and they wanted to take that money from him by force. He didn’t allow them to take the money so he was hit in the head. When this thing was happening, one Indian man was there videoing what was going on, so when they hit him, the guy fell down and died.
“We (Africans) asked them to give us the CCTV footage because there was CCTV camera there, but they removed the camera. The Indian guy that has the video coverage of what happened there, they took the video from him. Now, Africans started shouting because the man that was killed was a gentle man. We started shouting black lives matter”.
