“We are following up on leads and we are expecting to make more arrests,” Police Spokesman Brig. Mathapelo Peters, said. Meanwhile, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday, expressed concern over the ongoing xenophobic attacks against foreigners, including Nigerians, in South Africa, and pleaded with the Federal Government to immediately recall Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the country. Brig Mathapelo said she did not know the nationalities of the shopkeepers, adding that the police were waiting for owners to come forward, so that they could open cases of violence and damage to property.
Similar incidents have taken place in Pretoria this month, but police have been reluctant to characterise the attacks as being directed against foreigners. Nigerian community says members affected The Nigerian community in South Africa said, yesterday, that another shop belonging to a member was looted in the latest xenophobic attack at Jeppestown, Johannesburg. Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, President, Nigeria Union, South Africa, told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone from Pretoria that the shop was looted on Sunday night. He said: “We have received information that there was an overnight attack on shops belonging to foreigners at Jeppestown, a business district in Johannesburg.
“A shop belonging to a Nigerian was affected. The goods in the shop were looted by the attackers. The Nigerian was not hurt during the attack. We also learned that shops belonging to other foreigners were also looted.” TUC wants Nigeria to recall high commissioner to S/Africa Disturbed by the development, the TUC, in a statement by Bobboi Kaigama and Musa-Lawal, President and Secretary General respectively, said from all indications, there appeared to be a grand conspiracy by the South African government through state security apparatus to continue to mindlessly waste lives and take over property of innocent and harmless fellow Africans. the statement said: “We are calling on the Federal Government to put modalities in place to evacuate Nigerians in South Africa and recall the high commissioner immediately to save the situation as further killing may lead to a major crisis.”
‘’They own several multi-billion dollar investments on our soils yet, we co-exist despite all odds. This killing and duhumanisation of Nigerians must stop. Not anymore. This must stop! If killing and maiming of Nigerians is the sacrifice required for us to maintain a cordial relationship, we are not willing to make it anymore.’’
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