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. ”
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