Nigeria, June 1 -- A human rights lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has asked the Nigerian government and Swiss authorities to probe the alleged killing of Michael Ekemezie, a 39-year-old Nigerian man in Switzerland.

PREMIUM TIMES obtained a video clip showing a man said to be Mr Ekemezie being pinned to the ground allegedly by a Swiss police officer.

Mr Ejiofor, in a petition to the Nigerian government, alleged that Mr Ekemezie died on 25 May after he was subjected to "brutal and excessive force" in Lausanne, Switzerland, by the Swiss police.

The lawyer also copied the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and other government agencies in the petition dated 30 May 2025.

"He (Ekemezie) was the principal breadwinner of his family and is survived by ...