Nigerians lose N84m to South Africans attacks on foreigners

The Nigerian Union in South Africa said on Saturday that Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million Rand (N84m) to xenophobic attacks .

The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, told the News Agency of Nigeria on phone from Pretoria, South Africa, that the losses were initially put at 1.2 million Rand (N21m).

“The Nigerian Union in South Africa has completed documentation of the losses suffered by Nigerians to xenophobic attacks.

“Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million Rand or N84m during the attacks.

A mechanic workshop owned by a Nigerian in Jeppes, near Johannesburg, for example was completely burnt with 11 cars inside it.

“The loss is put at more than one million Rand or N20m,” he said.

Anyene said the Union had compiled the losses and given the list to Nigeria’s Consul-General to South Africa.

He said Nigerian victims of the attacks needed urgent assistance to re-settle because many had lost their means of livelihood.