The Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) has condemned the spate of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, saying that the attacks were cruel and inhuman.
The party urged the Muhammadu Buhari administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC) government to move beyond lip-service and take decisive actions to stop the attacks and killings of Nigerians in South Africa.
In a statement to the media, Wednesday and signed by Emmanuel Dania, the national chairman of the party, the party said the failure of the Buhari administration to act had exaggerated the situation.
The party further expressed sadness over the reprisal attacks in Lagos on South African interests and businesses in some parts of Nigeria which had led to the killing of an innocent Nigerian.
According to the statement, “The recent happenings and the attacks on Nigerians living and doing business in South Africa is
regrettable, it is a dastardly cruel and inhuman act.
“The Alliance for New Nigeria condemns these actions in every form it may appear to have been described and calls on the government of the All Progressives Congress led by President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the talking tough and start taking decisive actions.
“The reprisal attack in Lagos on South African interests has led to the killing of an innocent Nigerian who is only vexed at the inept attitude of the government and who in a bid to resolve to self-help has come under the fire of the Nigerian Police. This is sad and disheartening.”
The party further berated the Federal Government for not placing value on the lives of it citizens, stressing that the attacks which had continued for some time could have been curtailed if the Nigerian government was more proactive.
“The time is now for Nigeria to begin to place value on the lives of every Nigerian regardless of where they live and do business in the world. It won’t take anything for the Federal Government to make arrangements to secure our brothers and sisters in South Africa and not all the talking tough we are tired of.
“When Nigerians see their government taking a position, we are confident that the call for every Nigerian to stay calm would yield the corresponding action and not the empty talks made by different representatives of government without any visible action”.
