Hundreds of Nigerians in New Delhi, India, on Sunday night protested the killing of a 43-year-old Leonard Lyeanyi by police in the country.
Lyeanyi died at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) hospital after he was brutalized by the police.
The protestors claimed that the victim died due to police brutality and assult, an allegation which the police denied.
While the police said the deceased died after sustaining head injury due to a fall, the protesters made in known that Lyeanyi died due to assault by the officers.
The police said in a statement the protesters “created a ruckus and broke glasses at the DDU hospital following the Nigerian’s death.”
“Initially, they were around 20 to 30 people, but their numbers increased to 100 as time went by. The mob also attacked the local people and police personnel,” the statement added.
A relation of the deceased, Jose Giddy, said he died after a New Delhi Police personnel hit him with a lathi (a long, heavy iron-bound bamboo stick used as a weapon, especially by police), on his head.Nice one
Please oh they should stop killing the blacks
Good to hear but unfortunately it's a sad story to deal with they should continue the protest until everything comes back to normal
Police with there trouble here and there..may God save us
No one has the right to kill our people any where in the world because their people are here too
They should stop killing the Nigeria people over their god help us
This senseless killings make me sick..I just hope the killers are brought to book
Federal Government and ministry of foreign affairs should look into the matter at once. Why are Nigerians being oppressed everywhere.
They can't be killing our people just like to that, that Nigeria government should please find
That good they should consider we na we ought to protect them.
Indians please I beg you don't kill our people
Good to hear so Nigeria peoples should stop enter India,because we are black
it iS well, o, but the police officer should stop all this killing over there, we need to make peace reign
This is really wrong. We are all one why should we kill each other
This is sad,we get beaten up and kill in other countries,but take care of foreigner and treat them like eggs
Police brutality is a cancer yet to be defeated by anyone. This is so bad and it's condemned in its totality.
For the first time in a long time and I will be there at the same time I don't have a car so
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This is very bad indeed.we need to make peace reign among us
Please oh they should stop killing the blacks 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Please oh they should stop killing the blacks May god help us
Police are all the same everywhere, they should continue the peaceful protest until they treat them well
Police brutality is a cancer yet to be defeated by anyone. This is so bad and it's condemned in its totality.
They should stop killing black people because they are also black
A relation of the deceased jose Giddy said he died after a New Delhi Police personnel hit him with a lathi
Police with their trouble here and there..may God save us
We can't allow them to be kill our people just like that
This is not right o, they them too won start der own govt should intervene o with immediate effect
That is good. Nigeria government should intervene quickly so as to prevent more killings
All this countries just want to kill Nigerians finish, they should stop killing us o
The government should look for quick solutions to this life is at Stake
They should stop killing them oo police and there trouble
The authority should do something about it These are human being not animals Even animals are not killed without a reason
Please oh they should stop killing the blacks Reply
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Theyshould just stopam this whywillit be happening I don't understand
The protestors claimed that the victim died due to police brutality and assult, an allegation which the police denied.
This is what you get when your leaders are responsible. May God help all Nigerians outside this country.
The police that always says they are fellows friend which is not
Why all this brutality all along this countries, I think the government has
This is really bad, I think the appropriate authorities should take of this barbaric act from the India police
May God heal our land Please stop killing Nigerian in your country
No one has the right to kill anyone why will killing be the best option for people punishment should be given to them accordingly
They should stop killing innocent people hope that the killer will be brought to book
I urge the government of India to do something on that ugly act as Nigerians are not cowards to be maltreated
I urge the government of India to do something on that ugly act as Nigerians are not cowards to be maltreated
Not again! God please take perfect control this suffernwss is too much on our side
This is just so unfair...our people there needs justices
Nigerians are targeted and persecuted in every nook and cranny of the world. This could be term racism by many but the true our image and reputation has rubbed in the mud.
