Olamide, Yemi Alade, Adesua Etomi, Funke Akindele, others condemn xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa

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Wale Oloworekende
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Adesua Etomi

Celebrities, Olamide, Yemi Alade, Adesua Etomi, Funke Akindele, and others have condemned the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.

President of the Nigeria Union South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, had said that recent attacks began on Sunday morning in Jeppestown area of Johannesburg.

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Mr Olubajo said in a statement on Monday that the mob “looted several shops that were around the vicinity suspected to be owned by foreign nationals.”

The celebrities condemned the attacks in posts on social media.

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I haven't been able to bring myself to watch the videos from the recent attacks against Nigerians by some South Africans. My heart can't take it. My mind can't fathom how you kill another human being based on their nationality. My mind can't fathom how the people that spent years oppressed have become the oppressors. Businesses burnt down, lives lost. The people that have died as a result of Xenophobia, whether past or present, were not only sons, daughters, friends, mothers, fathers etc….they were human beings like you and I and their only crime was their nationality. This isn't the South Africa that Mandela fought for. Let's use our voices and let's speak against this. We are all members of the same body. We must do better. It is my hope that people of influence in South Africa rise up and speak against all that is happening. Evil only prevails when good men do nothing. May the souls of the departed, rest in peace and may the lord replenish all that has been lost. We must…now more than ever…lead with Love. Ps. It is the responsibility of EVERY SINGLE AFRICAN to speak out about Xenophobia. Not just a select few. There is power in numbers. #notoxenophonia

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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has vowed to take measures over the ‘mindless’ attack on Nigerians in South Africa.

In a tweet on Monday, Onyeama assured that ‘definitive measures’ would be taken to prevent future occurrences.

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