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10 Nigerians are now been hospitalized while 25 shops owned by Nigerians have been looted following attacks by organized gangs in South Africa.
The President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene,said that the attacks began last week in Johannesburg and later spread to Pretoria this week.
He said commercial taxi drivers, led the attack against Nigerians in Pretoria while unknown gangs attacked Nigerians in Johannesburg.
Anyene said one Nigerian in hospital was still in coma when officials of the Union and the Nigerian high commission in South Africa visited the injured in hospitals.He said the gang alleged that Nigerians were selling drugs to South Africans and used the opportunity to attack and loot their shops.
"We have reported the incident to the police in the central business district of Pretoria, where the bulk of the attacks took place. The South African police have made entry on our report and pledged to investigate the attacks. We have also appealed to our people (Nigerians) to be calm and law abiding because the Union and the Nigerian mission were handling the situation. As we speak, we have not recorded any attack today, April 4, and everywhere is calm,’’ Anyene said.
The President said the Nigerian mission in South Africa has also pledged to take up the matter with South African authorities.
The President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene,said that the attacks began last week in Johannesburg and later spread to Pretoria this week.
He said commercial taxi drivers, led the attack against Nigerians in Pretoria while unknown gangs attacked Nigerians in Johannesburg.
Anyene said one Nigerian in hospital was still in coma when officials of the Union and the Nigerian high commission in South Africa visited the injured in hospitals.He said the gang alleged that Nigerians were selling drugs to South Africans and used the opportunity to attack and loot their shops.
"We have reported the incident to the police in the central business district of Pretoria, where the bulk of the attacks took place. The South African police have made entry on our report and pledged to investigate the attacks. We have also appealed to our people (Nigerians) to be calm and law abiding because the Union and the Nigerian mission were handling the situation. As we speak, we have not recorded any attack today, April 4, and everywhere is calm,’’ Anyene said.
The President said the Nigerian mission in South Africa has also pledged to take up the matter with South African authorities.