The protesters, mostly victims of xenophobic attacks in South Africa said they are angered by the recent massive looting of foreign-owned shops in the city by some South Africans.
A group of Nigerians on Thursday staged a protest at the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa’s capital.
The protesters in separate interviews told ChannelsTV that the protest was needed because they are now feeling unsafe in the foreign country.“They came to my shop and burnt everything to zero,” one of the victims told ChannelsTV. However, Defence Adviser, Nigerian High Commission in South Africa, Abubakar Mustapha, condemned the protesters for venting anger on the commission by destroying some properties.
Nigeria High Commission officers later visited the scenes of the looting to see the level of destruction on shops owned by Nigerians.
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