Rep calls for evacuation of Nigerians from S’Africa..see pics

Chairperson, House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje, has called for the evacuation of Nigerians within 24 hours from South Africa owing to ongoing attacks on non-indigenes.

Ukeje (PDP-Abia) made the appeal in a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Ibadan.

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She said the call was necessary because of increasing attacks on Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike in South Africa.

“The Federal Government of Nigeria should rise up to the occasion by having contingency plans to evacuate Nigerians within 24 hours to avoid us losing our citizens to these attacks.

“It is expedient to think of where all Nigerians can gather within 24 hours for safety either in our embassy or mission for the safety of our citizens,” she said.

The lawmaker suggested that a concrete arrangement with some airlines should be made to evacuate Nigerians back home.

She also urged the National Emergency Management Agency to equally mobilise to take care of the returnees.

Ukeje noted with concern that the xenophobia was degenerating to Afrophobia as many black Africans, including Nigerians, were being attacked from Johannesburg to Durban.

She advised the Nigerian government against delay till some of her citizens are killed in the latest attacks before implementing its citizen diplomacy policy.

“Unfortunately, there is no serious condemnation from South Africa government on this attacks, hence the need for Nigerian government to be proactive and rescue her citizens as soon as possible,” she said.

She expressed surprise that South Africa that housed African Parliament and other institutions of Africa in the continent could descend so low to the extent of her nationals attacking other Africans living in that country.

Ukeje said her committee was in close contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see what could be done to protect Nigerians in South Africa, while the House is to engage relevant stakeholders on the matter.

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora,  Abike Dabiri-Erewa, also told NAN on the telephone that a motion on the issue would be tabled during the plenary session of the House.

Dabiri-Erewa (APC-Lagos) condemned the attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa, saying it was disgusting for South Africans to be treating Nigerians like that despite Nigeria’s role during the apartheid struggle.

NAN reports that Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, Minister of State II, for Foreign Affairs, has said that no Nigerian was killed in the attack against foreigners in South Africa.

Zimbabwe's president couldn't have said it better. About 800 Zimbabweans have been displaced. One dead. The government is now planning to evacuate its citizens. What is our own government doing?Thank God they want to follow too

This is a conversation with a South African about the Xenophobic attacks happening in SA at the moment. It's kinda sad how they are explaining the reason for the killings instead of condemning it. Continue

 

Dencia took to her instagram to react to the current strings of Xenophobic attacks happening in South Africa. She posted this picture above and wrote;

"Late #NelsonMandela is somewhere weeping for our people, I can't believe my eyes,how do you fight against apartheid and end up with this years later?if it's not boko haram in Nigeria,it's Al-Shabaab somewhere in Kenya or Somalia and I can go on and on.What happened to just loving one another?what is my beloved continent,mother Africa turning into? Where did parents go wrong with their kids?

That's when a South African came on Dencia's page to call her out for condemning the act, saying she should face her cream business. Trust dencia, she dragged the South African through hot coals.
 

Dencia continues...

Last week I told Nick cooper who told me his friends where trying to move to S.A that he might not believe it but America as bad as it is might be safer for a black man than S.A then this happens smh.Who starts this nonsense?why oh why,lord Jesus where thou art?please heal our land,hear our cry,lord we need your mercy &I we need your grace today,hear us as we pray,we pray for world peace,we pray for love,we pray for our brothers and sisters,we pray for unity #Xenophobia #SouthAfrica #love #peace"

Below is the response from the South African...

Dencia's reply to the South African below

In my previous post,as an African and as a human being who feels the pain and suffering of others,I put up my previous post about what's happening in S.A & the post �� is @sanzkiddiesparties (she changed from @zonacath to ��here's the meaning of xen·o·pho·bi·a - intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. It's funny how the same reason why people are getting killed is her excuse she used under my post.I had to put her on blast because she clearly has the mentality of the people who are killing others in S.A as I type.Incase u didn't know miss thang let me school u,don't let the glitz and glam fool u,I am very much an African who was raised in an African country not as developed as S.A,I moved to America in Dec 2006 for college and yes I do reside in America & I am a naturalized citizen of America from the day I came here but I am still an African Queen,I don't have to be a South African citizen or live in South Africa to be worried about what's happening there,My mom who is a UN worker works in that country every now and then,my brother lived there for years and guess what,these people losing their lives could have been my direct family members but because they aren't doesn't mean I can't speak of the issues happening in my continent,don't think because u live in Africa makes u more of an African than I am or will ever be.i studied enough about SA history when I took African history classes,I probably know more about sA than ur dumb ass. I travel to African countries for work and charity purposes (something u might not know about because u could never do it in other countries because it's not SA) I hope u raise your kids to think better and be better individuals.Until then bitch have a seat on a volcano in Mandela square #YouJustGotServed P.S I am definitely facing my creams cuz chile they millions I get from it u might need to face ur wack life,we all know how hard it is out there 4 a bitch like u.