The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign
State of Biafra, MASSOB, has accused the Federal
Government of laxity in prevailing on South Africa to
end the renewed xenophobic attacks against Nigerians
because most of those affected are Igbos.
In a statement issued over the weekend, the group’s
National Director of Information, Sunday Okoroafor
urged the South African government to urgently stop the
killing of Igbo people living in its country.
He maintained that the renewed attack on Nigerians
was a violation of the fundamental human right of the
people.
The MASSOB National Director of Information stressed
that it was a total violation of fundamental human right
of a “people who, by the colour of their skin, decided to
associate with citizens of neighbouring countries, but
are, sadly, killed, maimed and or dispossessed of their
belongings as a result of hatred and jealousy.”
Okoroafor said, “Government has not shown enough
commitment towards stopping these attacks; because
Igbo people are more in population in South African.
“Federal government can stop this attack if they want
to”.
MASSOB’s claim is coming at a time when the Special
Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign
Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa explained that
the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa
was driven by hate speech and misinformation by South
African politicians.
The President’s Special Assistant, while speaking during
a television programme tagged: ‘The Osasu Show’,
pointed out that politicians fueled the attack by telling
their citizens that foreigners, including Nigerians, were
taking their women and jobs.
