India said Wednesday that it is in “diplomatic dialogue” with the
Nigerian High Commission and is awaiting a probe report into the October
31 death of a Nigerian, Obinna Simone, in Goa.
It also arrested
one Surendra Paul, yesterday, from Chapora, a village known as a haven
for drug traffickers, located 30km from Panaji. Police suspect Paul was
one of the six attackers involved in killing Obinna Simone.
India’s
External affairs ministry spokesperson, Syed Akbaruddin, discounted any
tension with Abuja over the death and the clash between Nigerians and
the police that followed in Goa.
”We are in diplomatic dialogue
with them, we have explained to them the circumstances and the
situation,” the spokesperson said, at a briefing in New Delhi.
He
said the Nigerian High Commission is “concerned and anguished” and has
requested for a thorough probe into the “death and consequent issues
that flowed from that.”
The Nigerian High Commission is also in
touch with the Goa Chief Secretary who has assured he will “get to the
bottom” of the matter and provide a report in 48 hours.
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