{"id":195132,"date":"2026-02-16T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/family-seeks-help-to-repatriate-plateau-students-body"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:50:25","slug":"family-seeks-help-to-repatriate-plateau-students-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/family-seeks-help-to-repatriate-plateau-students-body","title":{"rendered":"Family Seeks Help to Repatriate Plateau Student&#8217;s Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The family of Isaac Satla, the 22-year-old Plateau State-born student who was murdered last week in South Africa, has appealed for urgent financial assistance to repatriate his remains to Nigeria for burial.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased who was an e-hailing Bolt driver, was abducted and murdered by two passengers who had requested his e-hailing service on February 11 with his body and the stolen car later discovered in Atteridgeville in the Moshongo Province of Pretoria<\/p>\n<p>Following the arrest of the suspects by the South African police, Isaac\u2019s family is now faced with the grim reality and is struggling to raise the funds required to transport his body back to Jos where they want him laid to rest.<\/p>\n<p>The family spokesman, Otila Onaja, who disclosed this in an interview with eNCA on Sunday, said the family\u2019s pain of losing a promising young man has also been increased by the financial burden they face in bringing the young man home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need funds to take him back home so that he can be laid to rest in his hometown where he\u2019s from,\u201d Onaja who is also the deceased uncle said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need more to be done. This is very heartbreaking for us and we need more safety for other people who are working on this job, like Isaac,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Describing Isaac as the family\u2019s shining light before his life was cut short, Onaja said he had travelled to South Africa in pursuit of better opportunities and was studying mobile engineering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsaac was a peaceful person, very respectful. He was our family\u2019s shining light.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was studying mobile engineering and was due to graduate next month. And this happened to him. Isaac loved cars. He was a peaceful, kind, and friendly person. People loved him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a champion. He championed his friends all around. Everywhere he went, people loved him. People liked to be around him. Till the day he died, he was with his friends. Till the last minute, he was with his friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just went to hustle to become a person, a responsible person. He was a hardworking young man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a family, what do you make of the brutal manner of his death, especially when he was just out doing his job? This is quite unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now we need assistance. We need funds to take him back home so that he can be laid to rest in his hometown where he\u2019s from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are calling on the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, the government, members of the Nigerian community in South Africa, well-wishers, and the public to assist in ensuring Isaac receives a dignified burial in his homeland,\u201d the family spokesman added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The family of Isaac Satla, the 22-year-old Plateau State-born student who was murdered last week in South Africa, has appealed for urgent financial assistance to repatriate his remains to Nigeria for burial. 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