Embassy to aid investigation into Nigerian trader's death

The Nigerian embassy in Beijing has sent officials to Guangzhou to cope with the investigation of a Nigerian's death in police custody.

"We have sent officials to Guangzhou to observe the investigation and calm the Nigerians in the Nigerian residential areas," Ademola Oladele, official for public communications at the Nigerian embassy in Beijing, said on Wednesday.

Elebechi Celestine, 28, the man who died, comes from a town in southeast Nigeria, he said. Celestine is said to argue with a motorbike taxi driver on Monday.