Wait for answers continues 1 year after 19-year-old fatally shot by Winnipeg police [Video]

Manitoba’s Nigerian community is keeping the memory of an international student fatally shot by police close this week. 

But as the first anniversary of his death approaches, they are also eager for answers that have yet to come. 

“We are still very saddened by the occurrence almost a year ago … of the untimely and tragic death of Afolabi Opaso,” said Vera Keyede, the president of Manitoba’s Nigerian Association. 

Manitoba’s Nigerian community is keeping the memory close this week of an international student fatally shot by police, but as the first anniversary of his death approaches, they are also eager for answers that have yet to come.

Opaso, 19, was an international student from Nigeria who studied at the University of Manitoba. 

“The community, they’re frustrated, I am frustrated personally with the fact we still don’t have full closure,” she said. “Even though he’s been buried, we don’t have closure.” 

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