By Winifred Bulus
Nigeria has called the attention of South African government to the killing and looting of its citizens’ property in Pretoria and other cities, calling on Africa Union to intervene in the matter.
This is not the first time the incidence is occurring, and the call was in response to recent attacks on Nigerians in South Africa weekend.
Senior Special Assistant to Nigerian President on Foreign affairs and diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa in a statement says, “These attacks should not be allowed to continue because it is a big setback”.
“We have lost about 116 Nigerians in the last two years. And in 2016 alone, about 20 were killed,” this is unacceptable to the people and Government of Nigeria,” Dabiri-Erewa said.
Recently, a Nigerian man was murdered by a South African Police officer. That amounted to 20 Nigerians being killed by South Africans.
Leader of Nigerian community in South Africa Ikechukwu Ayene says the matter has been reported to the South African police and the Nigerian mission in South Africa.
He also confirms that there have been attacks on businesses owned by Nigerians in South Africa.
