chibecanglobal:
Port Harcourt – The President of the
Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr
Ikechukwu Anyene, on Wednesday
urged the Federal Government to
help halt the xenophobic attacks on
Nigerians in that country.
Anyene on phone from Pretoria,
South Africa, said that the latest
spate of xenophobic attacks began
three weeks ago.
There are more than 800,000
Nigerians living in South Africa.
Anyene said Nigerians resident in
some South African cities had gone
into hiding to avoid being attacked
by South Africans.
‘’The Nigerian government should
urgently intervene and save our
people from the attacks.
‘’They should prevail on the South
African government to stop such
attacks against Nigerians.
“It appears nothing is being is
done to stop the attacks and
Nigerians are worried about the
situation,’’ he said.
Anyene said during the attacks in
Johannesburg last week, shops
owned by Nigerians were looted and
their owners seriously injured by the
attackers.
He said the Nigerian Union in South
Africa had been in touch with local
chapters in some provinces and had
urged them to take precautionary
measures to save themselves.
Anyene said that since Nigeria and
South Africa established diplomatic
relations, there had not been a
single incident of xenophobic attack
against South Africans living in
Nigeria.
‘’The Nigerian government protects
the lives and property of South
Africans living in Nigeria .
“ We do not understand why from
time to time, South Africans attack
Nigerians in their country.
‘’The Federal Government should
take the issue of xenophobic attacks
in South Africa very seriously
because Nigerians do not carry out
xenophobic attacks against fellow
Africans,’’ he said.
Nigerians living in Durban, he said,
had planned a protest march against
the xenophobic attacks.
He, however, said they were denied
permit by the South African police.
(NAN)
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