It was Jim Hemsworth who said that "men think they are reasonable but are 99% ruled by sentiments - just 1% better than the beasts of burden". In line with the above statement, a hullabaloo was instigated a few days ago after videos of xenophobic attacks in South Africa surfaced online and went viral. Soon, there were reprisal attacks everywhere. Without questions, many Nigerians took it upon themselves that Nigerians were the butt of the attacks. Then, the reprisals followed. How wise we look to ourselves as we destroy our future in the name of attacks and counter-attacks. Yet, we're shooting ourselves on the legs.

Well, I am a part of a social research group and we decided to rise above sentiments to ask questions that no one else cared to ask. "Did any Nigerian actually die in the attacks?" So, we took advantage of many free fora like Nairaland to ask people to make direct submissions of anyone they know who died in the attacks whether recently or before. The truth is that we got zero submissions from the Nigerian internet public even from those who have been making the most condemning comments of the attack on social media. See the result from Nairaland here: https://www.nairaland.com/5396418/list-nigerians-killed-south-africa

If you have ever been a victim of a rumor, then you should know that people can decide that anything is true and they begin to act on it. And this should make you to be careful when any other person or group are accused of anything before you join the fray.

This is not an opportunity for anyone to begin to behave like an animal once again by your mindless tantrums. We're still challenging anyone who has facts about anybody you know who died in the attacks to provide them at the above link.