Xenophobia: Belief that Shoprite, MTN, DSTV, others are owned by South Africans erroneous
Bukola Saraki, the immediate past Senate President, on Wednesday cautioned Nigerians against reprisal attacks on business ventures erroneously believed to be owned by South African in the country.
A video had surfaced online of South Africans attacking some Nigerians and foreigners in their country.
Confirming the incident, the President of the Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA), Adetola Olubajo said the attacks began on Sunday morning in Jeppestown area of Johannesburg when a building was set ablaze by an angry mob.
“The mob also looted several shops that were around the vicinity suspected to be owned by foreign nationals. But the Police later dispersed the mob and made some arrest.
“Late in the evening of Sunday, Sept. 1, a group of violent locals suspected to be Zulu hostel dwellers besieged Jules Street in Malvern, Johannesburg looted and burned shops/businesses,’’ he said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Against the backdrop of the xenophobic attack in South Africa, some aggrieved Nigerians had embarked on reprisal attacks on businesses owned by South Africans in the country.
The aggrieved youths attack some outlets of Shoprite and MTN offices in some states.
However, Saraki described the reprisal attack as “disheartening and disturbing.”
In a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle, Saraki wrote: “Videos of Nigerians engaging in reprisal attacks in Nigeria against businesses believed, in many cases erroneously, to be owned by South Africans are disheartening and disturbing. ”
The major problem we have in the country is the media, who fuelled crisis by their lack of investigative journalism. Most businesses claimed to be owned by SA in Nigeria are only franchised to Nigerians, of which am an investor specifically.
For lack of adequate information and our government of the day inability to address urgent issues such as affect human lives to say the least is a shame.
When a cross section of the society grope with fake news and so much poverty, any excuse is tenable. We are not doing enough in educating the public, I fact the media have reduced the quality of info to baggage and unfortunately in all strata of endeavour in Nigeria is bedeviled with incapabilities and fraud, lies and mediocrity. Fake videos, fake news for quick money everywhere to incite the people against themselves.
Stop Nigerian Police from carrying Arms and killing fellow Nigerians. Did this happen in S. Africa.
we Nigerian should do something about this….
look how their are treating Nigerian in they own country as if we are animal…
but they are feeling freedom here in Nigeria
I don’t even know what to say about this issue but what the Nigerian youth start it’s just the beginning the haven’t do anything serious that we touch south Africa the should more than this
would you inmagin how those people are treating our people in their conutry
Thunder fire Nigeria politics… Especially saraki and tinubu……, come to think of assuming your daughter is involved and set ablaze…. What would you do….. Fuck you people
E no go better for dis 9ja politicians at all.