The National Association of
Seadogs (NAS) better known as Pyrates Confraternity has asked the federal government
to take drastic steps to halt further attacks of Nigerians in South Africa.
In a statement on Tuesday,
Kwaghbunde Gbahabo, head of the association worldwide, said the attacks had
assumed a worrisome dimension and must be addressed through a stern “diplomatic
response”.
The association stated that the
leadership of South Africa cannot afford to fold its arms while its citizens
attack fellow Africans.
NAS also called for the
prosecution of “all South African government officials who have openly
supported and justified the attacks on Nigerians and other foreigners living in
the country”.
“In recent times, xenophobic
attacks on Nigerians in South Africa have assumed an alarming proportion,” he
said.
“In fact, there is no period in
the last six months that Nigerians working in South Africa have not been
attacked. The killing of Nigerians and looting of their businesses in South
Africa have gone without any meaningful response from the South African
Government.
“NAS is pained to observe that
the South African government and her security agencies have stood by as if they
are helpless to arrest this inhumanity meted out against Nigerians and other
foreigners in South Africa.
“This unspoken and seemingly
tacit support by the South African government for the killing and maiming of
foreign nationals resident in South African must be immediately challenged by
the Federal Government of Nigeria by a very drastic diplomatic response.”
On Sunday, three people were
reportedly killed and properties destroyed in an attack on foreign nationals,
including Nigerians in South Africa.
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