• Obasanjo accuses Zuma of
insincerity
• Senate sends delegation to Pretoria
• Senate sends delegation to Pretoria
Militant groups in the Niger
Delta have asked the 18 South African companies and personnel to leave the
region or risk attacks.
The militants warned of imminent
attack on all South Africans business interests and added they could no longer
sit and watch innocent Nigerians being slaughtered in the southern Africa
nation.
The threat was contained in a
joint petition to the South African High Commission in Nigeria and signed by
General John Duku of the Niger Delta Watchdogs, General Ekpo Ekpo of Niger
Delta Volunteers and General Hart Bradford of the Niger Delta Strike Force.
The militants, after their meeting
yesterday in Port Harcourt, condemned the recent attack on Nigerians and
pledged reprisals that would target the country’s economic interests in
Nigeria.
The
petition, a copy of which was sent to The Guardian said in part: “Our attention
has been drawn to the series of unprovoked attack, looting, shutting down of
business offices, killing and maiming of Nigerian nationals living in South
Africa.”
The
militants maintained that the South African government and her citizens have a
number of businesses in Nigeria, going about their normal businesses
peacefully, making huge profits and living in a very friendly environment with
Nigerians.
According
to the militants, “It is so regrettable that a country and nationals that had
enjoyed the greatest affection of Nigerians was now repaying such hospitality
with mindless killing and brutality.
To
this end, the militants urged the Nigerian government to shut all the business
premises owned by South Africans such as MTN, Multi-choice, Shoprite, Eskom
Nigeria, South African Breweries (SAB Miller) and others. “Failure to do this
within one month, we shall commence attack on the firms.”
Meanwhile,
former president Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the attack on Nigerians in
South Africa, accusing the host government of “insincerity.”
He
spoke yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while receiving leaders and members of
the Nigeria Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, at the
Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), led by its chairman, Major
General Laurence Onoja (rtd).
To
Obasanjo, the negative developments in South Africa “have betrayed Nigeria,
which played a huge role in rescuing the country from apartheid. I blame the
youths of the country for the attacks but I will apportion more blame to the
leaders of that country that allowed the attacks against fellow Africans for
whatever reason.”
To
explore diplomatic solutions, the Senate yesterday announced the names of
delegation that will travel to South Africa to meet its parliament.
The
delegation is led by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Senator Shehu
Sani and others.
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