[NEWS] OSIBANJO ON ATTACK

VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO, SPOKE TO REPORTERS IN KANO, WHILE, ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON THE XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS AGAINST NIGERIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

HE SAID THE ATTACKS ARE CONDEMNABLE GIVING THAT THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS OF NIGERIANS LIVING IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE ONCE AGAIN BEING DESTROYED WITH SUCH WANTONNESS, CARELESSNESS AND RECKLESSNESS.

HE FURTHER SAID THAT THESE ACTS OF INTOLERANCE ARE ENTIRELY CONTRARY TO THE VERY IDEALS THAT ALL THE GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN LEADERS, INCLUDING THE PRESENT PRESIDENT FOUGHT FOR, AND FOR WHICH MANY GAVE THEIR LIVES.

THE VICE PRESIDENT CONCLUDED BY SAYING MUHAMMADU BUHARI HAS ALREADY SPOKEN ON THE ISSUE, SAYING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTEND TO TAKE THIS UP WITH THE AUTHORITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THIS SORT OF THING DOES NOT REPEAT ITSELF.