Xenophobia: Nigeria deserves better from South Africa – APC
- Condemnations continue to trail the xenophobic attacks in South Africa
- The issue has been a trending topic across the African continent in the last 24 hours
- Nigeria's ruling party, All Progressives Congress, has condemned the attacks and called for efforts to address the situation
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the recent South African xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals, particularly on Nigerians, their property and businesses.
The Nigerian ruling party says it is deeply saddened by the unwarranted attacks in a statement sent to journalists by its spokesman, Lanre Issa-Onilu on Tuesday, September 3.
Part of the statement read: “Nigeria deserves better from South Africa. It is too early for South Africans to forget their country’s history.
“Many of the key players in the struggle against apartheid are still alive and active in the country’s national affairs.
“We therefore cannot understand why there seems to be a conspiracy of silence on their part.
“The barbaric attack on citizens of other countries points to a failure of leadership. South African leaders cannot exonerate themselves from this cowardly act.”
The APC called on its South African counterpart, the African National Congress (ANC) ,to urgently step in.
This is completely at variance with what ANC stood for. The ANC government can no longer pretend about this obvious contradiction.
The violence being meted to Nigerians under ANC calls to question the very essence of the struggle against apartheid in which Nigeria was a front-line ally of South Africa.
On its part, the Buhari Media Organisation berated the South African high commissioner in Nigeria for denying the Xenophobic attacks.
“We reject the claims by the South African high commissioner in Nigeria that the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in the country were sporadic acts of violence. We believe that the attacks on Nigerian businesses appeared more coordinated than sporadic,” the group said in a short statement posted on its Twitter page.
Meanwhile, Delta state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has called on the federal government to protect Nigerians in the country.
Okowa in message on Twitter on Tuesday, September 3, urged the government to liaise with South African authorities to ensure that Nigerians are protected in the country.
He also condemned the repeated attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
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