Nigerian journalist living in Washington Dc, Simon Ateba has cried out after he was attacked in the United States of America, Igbere TV reports.
Ateba who is the founder of Today’s News Africa revealed that 2 black guys and a black girl attacked him on P Street between 16th street and 15th street in Washington D.C. at about 9.45pm shortly after he left #districtchurch prayer group.
He said : “2 black guys and a black girl just attacked me on P Street between 16th street and 15th street here in Washington D.C. at about 9.45pm shortly after I left my #districtchurch prayer group.”
“The first one hit me on the shoulder and the second one hit me on the head. I was about to retaliate after ensuring they didn’t have a gun, when I heard someone behind me say “what’s going on Simon? It was a friend of mine Andrew who is white and had just prayed for us a few minutes earlier. So this is the problem I have with racism. Sometimes, you would be attacked by people who look like you and rescue by others who don’t look like you. Anyway, I thank God the situation was well handled.”
” After I was attacked by two guys who where with a lady, I made a police report. And police told me that minutes after, there was a robbery incident at that area. They gave me a case number and will check the cameras around there. Reporting stuff to the police is the last thing I want to do. Sometimes I don’t know why people can be so stupid to hit people in DC because there are cameras everywhere and chances are they may most likely identify you. Why do you want to put yourself in that situation?”.
