Olubajo said the union received information that the police in South Africa had brutalised another five Nigerians in the same area where Badmus was killed.
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Olubajo told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone from Johannesburg, South Africa, that Nigerian and South African Governments should protect the lives of Nigerians in that country.
Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday that majority of the actors would be South Africans while others would be drawn from Nigeria, Liberia, Kenya, Ghana and Botswana.
Oluwasegun Oyebanji, the Vice Chairman of Nigeria Union in the province, told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone that more than 20 Nigerians affected in the incident in the area were facing hard times.
Simon Adeoye, an Oyo State indigene and co-owner of Simon Auto-Mechanic, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Pretoria, South Africa that they incurred heavy losses as a result of the attack.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this on Sunday at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja.
Ralph Nwachukwu, a Nigerian in South Africa, had told NAN on phone that one Yoruba and one Igbo were killed during the attack, which took place in Polokwane on Thursday
When contacted on phone, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olusola Enikanolaye, said the ministry had not been briefed about the incident
Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President, made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja
The delegation is to meet the South African Government to address the xenophobic attacks in the country on Africans, especially Nigerians
The Chairman of the Joint Committee, Senator Monsurat Summonu, who made this known in her closing remarks during a meeting between the Ministry and the legislature, frowned on the Ministry’s failure to meet up with the recommendations of the Senate on xenophobic attacks that happened between 2014 and15 in South Africa
Similar incidents have taken place in Pretoria this month
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
The Acting National Police Commissioner, Kgomotso Phahlane, said they had stepped in and the situation in Pretoria was now calm and under control
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this in Abuja at a news conference on the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa
Adeoye told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone from Pretoria, South Africa that he got a call on the day of the incident that his workshop had been set ablaze and rushed to the place
The call was at the backdrop of recent attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, which the Senate condemned as barbaric and unfortunate
Dabiri-Erewa equally called on the African Union to intervene urgently in the renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa
Ikechukwu Anyene, the President, Nigeria Union, told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone from Pretoria, South Africa that the attacks began at 4am
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