Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that the recent xenophobic attack on Nigerians by South Africans and its attendant reprisal by the former was a typical case of cutting one’s nose to spite the face given that the means of livelihood of innocent citizens were affected
The carnage and looting was so bad that on Monday, September 2, 2019, at about 2:00 pm , news of the dastardly acts was trending on social media. The circulation of posts showing the gruesome burning of alleged non-South Africans made matters worse. 48 hours later, there were outcries and reprisal by other Africans, especially Nigerians.
Shedding more light on what happened that day, Isaac said that when he got wind of a possible reprisal attack, he quickly locked his shop. He said it was not long afterwards that he saw about 20 people come into the premises where his business is located, “throwing bottles” and shouting, “Are they still in the office; are they still in the office?”
Isaac said when he asked them why they were destroying his business, their only response was that “they are killing our people in South Africa, they’re killing them.” After they were done looting, Isaac said there was one of them who had fire in his hands, and that he pleaded with him to no avail not to set his business on fire. “I pleaded with him, still he set my shop on fire. They also came outside and set fire to the canopy”, Isaac said.
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