In the alleged murder of Elizabeth Ndubuisi-Chukwu, the Deputy Director-General of Nigeria’s Chartered Insurance Institute in South Africa, the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) called for a thorough investigation.
In an interview, NIDCOM Chairman Abike Dabiri-Erewa said the Consular General, Godwin Adama, had a employees working with the South African police and researching agencies.
Mrs Ndubuisi-Chukwu attended the African Insurance Organization (AIO) Conference in South Africa.
At Emperor’s Palace Casino Hotel and Convention Center, Johannesburg on June 13, she was allegedly discovered dead in her room.
“We must know what happened. If it means getting a private investigator we will, we should not be pushed to the edge We have reached a tipping point.
“Someone goes for a conference? And murdered? For the sake of both countries and for closure for the families we must know what happened and we will, ” an irate Mrs Dabiri-Erewa said.
She also said she believed in the assurances provided by the Consular General, adding that sometime earlier Nigeria and South Africa’s foreign ministers set up an early warning signal.
“It is definitely not working and it has to be reviewed,” she said.
The chairman added that it can only be done at a ministerial level.
“FG not treating with kids gloves though I believe we must be more assertive, which the commission will now demand.
”Eight policemen in South Africa are currently on trial for their involvement in killings of Nigerians and our mission is monitoring the cases. Mrs Ndubuisi must not die in vain. It’s one death too many and we have demanded full cooperation from South Africa and we expect nothing less,” she said. (NAN)