Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesperson, had made nonsense, the claims by South African Envoy insisting that Nigerians are a part of the overall targets stressing that, the presidency is not satisfied with the explanation given by the South African envoy, Bobby Monroe, that “Nigerians are not the targets of renewed attacks in his country.”
The South African envoy, Bobby Monroe, may not have spoken the truth when he explained that Nigerians are not the targets of the renewed xenophobic attacks by his country’s citizens, the presidency has said.
Speaking on Channels Television, Femi Adesina, media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, said he did not agree with the submission of Monroe that the attacks were only ‘sporadic acts of violence’.
“I disagree with the South African ambassador who says it is sporadic attacks…it’s not. If it was sporadic attacks, why were South Africans not attacked?
“It was targeted at foreigners, Nigerians particularly,” Adesina was quoted to have said, while noting, however, that the attacks were not solely targeted at Nigerians.
The presidential spokesperson said the Nigerian government will be forced to take stonger measures should its efforts to push for the protection of its citizens fail.
“President Ramaphosa was here some months back and we clearly heard him when he said not all the violence was between South African against Nigerians that most of the times, it was Nigerians against Nigerians.
“But what has happened these past few days has shown that this is not Nigerians against Nigerians.
“This is clearly South African against Nigerians and this has shown us that there is xenophobia,” he explained.
According to Adesina, the federal government will continue to do its best to demand that Nigerians are protected or the country.
Journalist101 reported yesterday that the envoy was trying to be clever by half, denying what is obvious to all.
Monroe made the comments at a media briefing with Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry headed by Geoffery Onyeama on Tuesday, September 3.
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