#BBB NEWS| Xenophobia: Nigeria Union Reports New Attacks In South Africa

The Nigerian Union in South Africa on Tuesday reported new xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other foreigners in Sternkopf, Namakwa Municipality, Northern Cape Province of South Africa. (pictured above) Anti-xenophobia Protests in South Africa

The President of the Union, Ikechukwu Anyene, said in Pretoria, South Africa, that the Northern Cape Province Chapter Chairman of the Union reported the incident to its National Secretariat.

“The National Secretariat of Nigeria Union has received report of xenophobic attacks from Mr Kennedy Osagie, the Northern Cape Province chapter chairman of the union.

“The report indicated that South Africans attacked Nigerians.

“Two cars belonging to Nigerians have been reportedly burnt and they have been going from house to house looting and destroying their property,” he said.

#BBB NEWS| Nigerians Protest Against South African Attacks On Immigrants [PHOTOS]

Hundred of Nigerians today took to the streets in Abuja, the nation’s capital, to protest the gruesome killing of innocent Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa. The demonstrators also gave the South African authorities a 24-hour ultimatum to end the attacks or risk the shutting down of the country’s embassy in Nigeria as well as businesses owned by South Africans in Nigeria.

The protests, organized by the Advocate For Peoples’ Rights and Justice (APRJ) and 1 Africa Initiative, were held outside South Africa’s embassy located in Abuja’s Central Area. The protesters carried placards that read “We Say No to Killings of Our Brothers,” “Say No To Xenophobia,” “We Are Our Brothers Keepers,” “Mandela Lives and Stood For Unity,” “We Are All Foreigners Somewhere.”

Speaking on behalf of the protesters, APRJ’s national coordinator, Victor Giwa, urged the South African to find a lasting solution to the gruesome killings of Nigerians and other Africans who have become the target of the xenophobic attacks. He warned that South Africa would face the shutting down of its embassy and its citizens’ businesses in Nigeria.