DIASPORA: 29-year-old Nigerian killed by Afghan roommate in Portugal

A 45-year-old Afghanistan refugee has reportedly murdered a young Nigerian man, identified as Henry Onyekachi.

While accounts of Onyekachi’s death remain sketchy, there are speculations that argument over religion may have led to the killing.

Onyekachi, 29, arrived Portugal some months ago as a refugee and was put in the same room with the unnamed Afghan refugee.

According to CM Lisbon, the incident happened on December 8, in Lisbon.

It was gathered that Onyekachi appealed for help from people around the area at that time, but no one responded to rescue him, till he bled to death.

A source said the roommates had a clash over house chores and the fact that the suspect was having a negative influence on the other refugees in the apartment.

In a statement, Onyekachi’s family have called out to rights activists around the world to seek justice for their son.

“We, the family, need the help of the entire world to seek justice and to put a stop to this hyperactivity because we don’t know who may be the next victim,” a member of his family said.

Onyekachi was from Ngwugwo Ibere community in the Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State.