Our moments of horror in South Africa’s xenophobic attacks —Nigerian victims
. On a daily basis, terror has been unleashed on the foreign nationals in the country, particularly Nigerians. The social media are awash with video clips of defenseless individuals being beaten or burnt to death by petrol, matches and weapons-wielding South Africans youths.
“When they have injected the drug back into their system and it starts working, they start to behave in a certain way. When they talk to you, they talk so slowly that they look like imbeciles. Even when they are on their feet, they will be sleeping. “In no time, the quarrel between the Tanzanian drug peddlers and the taxi drivers escalated into a scuffle while the policemen at the spot tried to calm the situation. Suddenly, one of the Nyaope Boys grabbed the service pistol of one of the policemen and shot one of the taxi drivers dead. The drug peddlers escaped from the scene and the mob that gathered started shouting that they were Nigerians. That was the genesis of the whole problem.
“Later, members of the South African Police Force were drafted to calm the situation, but by then, it had got out of hand. “Once we heard some of them saying it was a Nigerian that killed their member and that they were coming to Sunnyside, everyone was on the alert. When the taxi drivers came, they stood in front of a tall building opposite Excellence Street.
Osas explained that most of the destructions done by the rampaging South Africans occurred in Pretoria CBD. “The major destruction and looting started there at Pretoria CBD. They burnt and looted shops. Any shop or business place owned by foreigners were targeted and destroyed,” he said.He said: “I go to work despite the fact that there were messages all over the social media where they were threatening that they were coming for us in Sunnyside.
“Ironically, these Tanzanian guys do not have shops. They stay on the streets. Look at what they have caused Nigerians because of hatred. Even if you are nursing hatred, it should be against somebody you know has done you wrong. Narrating his experience and explaining why it would be difficult for many Nigerians to leave the country, he said: “I was attacked on Tuesday, August 27. They took my phones, wallet and car keys. They really wanted to kill me but I managed to escape.
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