Amid fears of fresh Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreign nationals, the Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA), yesterday said it would complain to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the Office of Public Protector about renewed threats.
The President of NUSA, Mr Collins Mgbo, who made the disclosure on Thursday in Lagos in a statement emailed from Johannesburg, said the union was dismayed by the new wave of anti-migrant sentiments in South Africa, especially by some political leaders.
Mgbo, however, said that Nigerians would key into the advisory statement issued by the Nigerian High Commission Pretoria wherein they were advised to take precautionary safety and security measures as they go about their various businesses.
He expressed dismay that some political leaders and even aspirants were now using foreign nationals to popularise their political ambitions.
“Foreign nationals have become a tool to build one’s political Curriculum Vitae (CV) and support base from the citizens.
“Speaking during a tombstone unveiling for Nathaniel Julies, Patriotic Alliance Leader, Gayton Mackenzie, said he would go a step further to deal with foreigners,’’ the statement said.
It added that Mackenzie said that they (foreign nationals) were lucky he wasn’t president, noting that he had continued to use the lives of innocent and vulnerable foreign nationals as a campaign tool to boost his political ambition in 2024.
