Placard against Xenophobia
The President of Nigerian Union, South Africa (NUSA), Adetola Olubajo, said there is no record of Nigerian affected in the Wednesday xenophobic attack in Soweto, South Africa.
Olubajo said this in a message obtained by newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
He, however, stated that three foreign nationals were killed in the mayhem that engulfed the city that day.
He stated that there was no Nigerian casualty in latest mayhem unlike what it used to be before.
As stated by reports, foreign businesses were accused of selling cheap, fraudulent and expired goods, in Soweto.
Mayhem engulfed almost the whole of Soweto on Wednesday afternoon as residents went on the rampage and looted dozens of foreigners-owned shops around the township.
Olubajo said: “It is quite unfortunate that it has claimed three lives. The locals were circulating text messages that all foreign shop owners in the area should pack and leave the vicinity.
“It was alleged that they are selling fake products but the same products were looted by the local dwellers.
“This is a pure act of criminality under the disguise of xenophobic attack.”
He, however, commended the swift intervention of security operatives which, he said, had greatly helped to avoid more casualties.
As stated by him, lives and property worth millions of dollars have been lost.
“Government and civil organizations should integrate these foreign nationals back to the communities.”