Nigerian shot dead by police in Malaysia

Enekwenchi Sampson Someadina from Enugu state was allegedly shot dead by police yesterday night around 10:32pm at One Taman shopping complex in Damasara, Malaysia.

According to his friend, Sampson had gone to the shopping complex and while leaving the mall discovered that immigration were raiding foreigners in a nearby street.

Because he was an illegal immigrant, Sampson decided to take another route to but ended up in the hands of the police still.

They stopped him and asked for his passport. While explaining to them that his passport was in school, they allegedly began molesting him.

As he tried to flee from them, he was shot dead. His body was taken to Kuala lumpur general hospital at Jalan Pahang.

There has been no statement from the Nigerian authorities.