Nigeria Safeguards Citizens Welfare In South Africa
Tony Ekata, Johannesburg
Officials
at the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa have
been lauded for taking steps to promote the welfare of its
citizens in South Africa.
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Honourable
Dimeji Bankole who paid a visit to the High Commission on
Monday, also expressed displeasure at the apparent recurrence of
maltreatment of Nigerians.
He said that the House of Representatives would revisit the
issue while commending the High Commission for its efforts to
confront the matter.
Concerted efforts
The Nigerian High Commissioner, Ambassador Buba Marwa said the
High Commission was not taking the issue of renewed maltreatment
of Nigerians lightly and had petitioned the South African
authorities.
Marwa assured victims of the brutalisation that the matter will
be taken to the highest levels for redress.
While addressing Nigerians in Yeoville, following the assault by
the police earlier in the week, he told them that the Nigerian
government was committed to their welfare.
He said steps were being taken to ensure such unwarranted
attacks do not recur.
Marwa commended the Nigerian community for the manner the issue
is being handled officially without recourse to further
violence.
Senior Superintendent Lobisi Motaung, Station Commissioner at
Yeoville Police Station, confirmed that six dockets had been
opened in respect of the alleged assaults of the Nigerians and
the cases had been allocated to an investigating officer.
Nigerian traders and businessmen in the area had lodged
complaints against a police team that brutalised them for three
days running, ostensibly in search of drug dealers.
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