South Africans have looted and burnt several properties belonging to Nigerians in the latest xenophobic attack in the country, Igbere TV reports.
The attack which reportedly led to the death of some foreigners with several others injured, took place Sunday night, September 1, 2019.
Igbere TV reports that the latest attack, which is said to be coordinated, was carried out on the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa’s capital.
A daughter of one of the affected Nigerians in Sunday’s attack, said her father was still in shock having lost goods worth millions in the incident.
Igbere TV gathered that the father (names withheld) deals on cars in South Africa. His shop is said to be among the many others set ablaze over the night.
“When I got the news yesterday (Sunday) evening, I thought it was nothing serious. But my shop and my goods were already gone when I arrived there today (Monday)”, the dad was quoted as saying.
“The means of livelihood of people were looted and destroyed in the midnight fire which was started by the South Africans. We (Nigerians in South Africa) are all traumatized”, he added.
Igbere TV gathered that a group of violent indigenes, Sunday night, attacked and looted shops belonging to Nigerians in Johannesburg and burnt several complexes.
The South African police authorities were said to have dispersed the angry mob and made some arrests, while sending the injured to the hospital.
This is not the first time South Africans will be attacking Nigerians abroad and looting their belongings, since the wake of the deadly xenophobic attacks.
Many Nigerians have lost their lives in the African country, with with few resorting to reprisal attacks having failed to obtain mercies from the relevant government agencies.
Back in Nigeria, several groups and individuals have taken to the streets to protest against the xenophobic attacks, threatening to shut down South African businesses in Nigeria.
At least, MTN Communication, Multichoice (DSTV), Shoprite, Protea Hotel, and many others, have been shut down severally on different occasion.
The Nigerian government have not done much about the lingering crisis except for few diplomatic visits to the South African embassy by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Diaspora Commission Chairperson.
