Xenophobia: Nigerian students storm embassy, burn South African flag

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday staged a protest to the South African High Commission in Abuja where they also burned the country's national flag.


The students, led by their president, Aruna Kadiri, moved from the popular Unity Fountain to MTN office in Maitama and Multi-Choice office located at the Central Business District to protest against the renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.

The protesting students also issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the South African nationals to leave Nigeria.

They also urged the High Commission officials to cancel the dinner organised in honour of Regina Tambo, the co-founder of ANC Youth League.

At the ministry of Foreign Affairs, the students urged the government to take concrete action to protect Nigerians in South Africa.

Kadiri, while addressing newsmen, said "We are demanding that they should break the ties between both countries if there's any because the xenophobic attacks that had happened long time ago has come again.

"We have decided to clear the madness with madness."

He said they burned the South African flag at the High Commission to pass a message that "we don't have relationship with them any longer."

"Within 48 hours, all South Africans in Nigeria should leave or else, we won't be able to guarantee their security anymore," Kadiri said.

Responding, the spokesperson of Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs ministry, Clement Aduku urged the protesting students to be calm as the federal government is currently engaging in talks with its South African counterpart over the xenophobic attacks.

He also assured that all diplomatic means would be explored to stop the killings of Nigerian nationals in South Africa.
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  1. Quite impressive, if possible, destroy any south African companies assets your hands can lay on.

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  2. Only flag, why not the embassy itself, we need realy show our grievances by paralyzing all that belongs to them in Nigeria.

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  3. Burning their flag is not enough to me, Nigerians in South Africa have suffered enough, we should also show them that we're not fools. Fingers crossed...

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  4. Where are the useless biafrans your brother are been killed non of your do anything

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    1. Your a bastrad is only biafra in south Africa illiterate

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  5. Idiot anonymous 10:16 I Go hopeless and come hopless

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  6. SA are Animals. We do not need them in our country. They should leave.

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  7. Nigerians are well known to be the biggest criminals worldwide. Drug dealers, human traffickers, online scams to name a few. We don’t want Nigerians in South Africa. Go back to your criminal country and stay the fu$& out of SA. Good bye.

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    1. Criminals or no criminals, Nigerians are more intelligent and hard working and by far more intelligent than you lazy bastards. Only your women work which is why u loose them to Nigerians hence one of the reasons for your actions. i can see why the white people ruled your black asses for so long. If not for world intervention with Nigeria as a key part, ull still be in the jungle where you truly belong from your actions. Rubbish ungrateful animals.

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  8. The problem is joblessness. Almost 1 in 3 working age South-African citizens can't find a job. The ANC allows the non-citizens to flood over the border everyday and many of those people take jobs that South-Africans desperately needs. It does not take a lot to figure out that this will eventually cause poor jobless South-Africans who can't find a job in their own country to become violent.

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  9. South Africa's name should be taken out of Africa
    They are soo stupid

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