Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of
foreign affairs, says Nigerian shops in South Africa are being looted and burnt
by mindless criminals with ineffective police protection.
In a tweet on Monday, the
minister described the constant negative report about treatment of Nigerians in
South Africa as “sickening.”
He said the federal government
will take needed steps to curb the situation.
“Received sickening and
depressing news of continued burning and looting of Nigerian shops and premises
in #SouthAfrica by mindless criminals with ineffective police protection.
Enough is enough. We will take definitive measures,” he tweeted.
Received sickening and depressing news of continued burning and looting of Nigerian shops and premises in #SouthAfrica by mindless criminals with ineffective police protection. Enough is enough. We will take definitive measures. @NigeriaGov @DigiCommsNG @GovernmentZA @DIRCO_ZA— Geoffrey Onyeama (@GeoffreyOnyeama) September 2, 2019
Nigerians in South Africa have
been victims of attacks, more of which are xenophobic.
In August, Obinna Ayanele, a
Nigerian living in South Africa, was killed by suspected hoodlums.
Ayanele, a 46-year-old from
Ideato north local government area of Imo state, was also attacked at his shop
in Krugersdorp, Johannesburg.
Reacting to the attacks, the
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) had shut down offices of MTN
and DStv in Benue, Kaduna and Ogun states in protest of the killing of
Nigerians in South Africa.
In 2018, the minister had said
most violent conflicts and killings of Nigerians in South Africa were more of
criminal activities than xenophobic attack.
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