Police inaction fueling xenophobic terror against Nigerians

[00:00:00]Our citizens are being harassed. Our citizens, their properties are being looted.

[00:00:05]Criminal actions are perpetuated on our citizens. The police refuse to do anything.

[00:00:11]The South African government has not come out strongly, firmly enough to condemn these incidents. So, our citizens are in peril. They are in distress. So, they cannot be said to be legal migrants. People who are doing legitimate business have their shops looted.

[00:00:27]They have their shops set on fire.

[00:00:28]Children cannot go to school because they are intimidated in their schools.

[00:00:32]So, to say that Nigerians who are in South Africa doing legitimate business are illegal migrants is absolutely untrue.

[00:00:38]>> Nigeria is not happy with South Africa.

[00:00:40]>> Nigeria is not happy because Nigeria has sacrificed much for the South African struggle for independence. Nigeria sacrificed quite a lot, committed funds, committed resources to aid South Africa.

[00:00:53]In schools, seats were reserved for South African students. My own generation, we carried placards. We demonstrated in front of South African assets. Sometimes we even got arrested for doing this.

[00:01:07]And Nigeria is a serious frontline state. And Nigerians are not happy about how they have treated us. They are not asking other migrants to leave. They're only asking black migrants to leave.