A Nigerian teenager, Chinonso Dennis Obiaju, 17, has been shot dead in Johannesburg.

This is coming a month after Mrs Obianuju Ndubuisi-Chukwu, a Nigerian Insurance chief, was murdered in South Africa on June 13 in her hotel room.

The President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Adetola Olubajo, who confirmed the killing said the deceased high school student lived in Roodeprt, with his guardian.

Olubajo told NAN on the telephone that, “Chinonso went to buy from a shop with his friend and someone chased and opened fire on them, killing him.’’

He added that the family would be burying him in South Africa, noting that the union’s leaders in Johannesburg would be contacting him on developments.

Olubajo said they were going to the Police on Monday to finalise on the registry and provision of his papers.

“He was born here I learnt and the Mother is in the U.S.

He implored the Federal Government to urgently protect Nigerians in the Diaspora.

More than 200 Nigerians has been killed in xenophobic attacks between 2016 and this year.

According to unofficial sources, up to 800,000 Nigerians, mostly young people reside in South Africa.