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| Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter written to the founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party, in South Africa, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Tuesday, urged Nigerians and others African countries whose citizens were affected by xenophobic attacks to report to the African Union. [Olusegun Obasanjo] |
-Nigeria Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo has finally reacted and break silence on xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa.
What Ex-President Obasanjo Said About the Xenophobic attacks, sent a letter to South Africa Leaders.
-Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter written to the founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party, in South Africa, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Tuesday, urged Nigerians and others African countries whose citizens were affected by xenophobic attacks to report to the African Union.
The Ex-President, Obasanjo described xenophobic attacks on Nigeria citizens and other foreigners by South Africans as a great disservice to Africa, NAN reports.
According to reports, Ex-President, Obasanjo called for urgent reconciliation between the countries affected and South Africa, adding that repatriation and revenge was not the best solution.
The Nigeria Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo's letter to the South Africa Leaders read,
“For any African country to encourage or allow or not seriously sanction xenophobia against Africans in their country is a great disservice not only to the country where xenophobia takes place and the countries of the victims concerned, but also a great disservice to the whole of Africa and black race.
“At this juncture, there is a need for fence-mending, reconciliation, and wound-binding between South Africa and the countries whose citizens have been victims of xenophobia and Afrophobia in South Africa.
“As a suggestion, South Africa should send emissaries to the countries concerned to explain, apologize and agree on the way forward for mutual understanding, accommodation, reconciliation, and binding the wound to promote unity, concord, and brotherhood in Africa.
“Repatriation of Nigerians from South Africa is obviously not a permanent solution. At best it is palliative. But the hurt will still remain for some time. Neither is revenge a desirable solution.
“Mutual understanding and acknowledgment of what needs to be done on all sides is imperative and getting down to doing them is the solution that will serve Nigeria and South Africa and indeed Africa well particularly in this era of Africa Continental Free Trade Area opportunities.
“Nigeria and South Africa must stand together to champion African cause and to jointly shepherd African development, unity, cooperation, security, and progress to make the 21st century Africa’s century.”
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