Nigeria’ll no longer tolerate dehumanisation of citizens in S’Africa — Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima has announced that Nigeria will no longer endure the dehumanization and mistreatment of its citizens in South Africa. Speaking from Luanda, Angola, following his representation of President Bola Tinubu at the 21st Extraordinary Session of the African Union, Shettima expressed the nation's firm stance against recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks.

Stanley Nkwocha, a Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communications, corroborated Shettima's remarks, stating that Nigeria would not tolerate citizens being reduced to "unacceptable" conditions. Drawing from Nigeria's history in the Southern African liberation struggle, Shettima emphasized the personal pain caused by such treatment of fellow Africans.

The Vice President favored dialogue over confrontation but emphasized that certain situations would be unequivocally unacceptable. He urged South African authorities to safeguard lives and uphold human dignity while enforcing immigration policies. Shettima's comments followed Nigeria's formal report to the African Union, requesting the attacks be addressed at the upcoming AU summit.