NEWS IN PICTURES: Nigerians march to the South Africa High Commission to protest against Xenophobia

Nigerians in Abuja, the nation’s Abuja, on Monday
registered their grievance over the continued xenophobic
attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa by
marching on the South African High Commission.
The protesters carried placards that read: “We have showed
Africans and South Africans love, why are they attacking
us?”; “#SayNoToXenophobia”; “Stop the killings, South
Africa Act Now!”; “We are Africans”; “Stop attacking and
killing fellow Africans in South Africa”; “Why are they killing
fellow Africans and destroying their businesses?”;
“Foreigners are not responsible for your joblessness, stop
the killings now”.
Deji Adeyanju, one of the organizers of the protest, told
newsmen that some of his friends in South Africa told him
they were afraid to come out of their homes.
Mr. Adeyanju said one of them, who works in an
automobile company, said some of his neighbours in South
Africa were wondering what they were still doing in that
country.
“We also feel the plight of fellow Africans and foreigners
who feel this same way,” Mr. Adeyanju said. “We use the
opportunity to call on the South African government to act
now.
“We are more concerned about the South African
government stopping the violence.”
He said it was worrisome that some pictures distributed on
various social media platforms showed South African police
officers abating the attacks on foreigners in their country.
He said there must be a call to order.”
Mr. Adeyanju said while many others have called for the
evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa, he feels
differently about that proposal.
“Evacuation may not be 100 per cent,” he said. “There are
Nigerians married to South Africans and many have kids
too; we don’t want a bad precedence to be set.
“We are also trying to ensure that whatever we do or
whatever fellow Africans do, they are mindful of the fact
that their citizens are also living here in Nigeria and other
parts of Africa; so South Africa cannot afford to be an
enemy of the African continent.”

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