[NEWS] ATTACKS ON NIGERIAN

NIGERIAN MISSION IN SOUTH AFRICA HAS SAID THAT THE LATEST ATTACKS ON NIGERIAN BUSINESSES AND PROPERTIES IN THAT COUNTRY WERE FUELLED BY ERRONEOUS INFORMATION OVER THE DEATH OF A SOUTH AFRICAN TAXI DRIVER IN PRETORIA.

GODWIN ADAMA, THE NIGERIA CONSUL IN JOHANNESBURG, DISCLOSED THIS TO THE NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION FROM JOHANNESBURG, ON FRIDAY.

ADAMA SAID THAT THE NIGERIAN MISSION IN SOUTH AFRICA CONDEMNED THE UNWARRANTED VIOLENT LOOTING AND BURNING OF NIGERIAN BUSINESSES AND INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTRY.

HE SAID THAT NIGERIAN BUSINESSES WERE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE CRISIS FUELLED BY THE DEATH OF A DRIVER ALLEGEDLY AT THE HANDS OF A TANZANIAN IN PRETORIA WHICH WAS ERRONEOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO A NIGERIAN.

HE SAID THAT IT WAS PAINFUL THAT ERRONEOUS INFORMATION WAS SENT TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE SAID DRIVER WAS KILLED BY A NIGERIAN AT THE PRETORIA CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ON TUESDAY.