Olamide, Yemi Alade, Adesua Etomi, Funke Akindele, others condemn xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa

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Celebrities, Olamide, Yemi Alade, Adesua Etomi, Funke Akindele, and others have condemned the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.

President of the Nigeria Union South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, had said that recent attacks began on Sunday morning in Jeppestown area of Johannesburg.

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Mr Olubajo said in a statement on Monday that the mob “looted several shops that were around the vicinity suspected to be owned by foreign nationals.”

The celebrities condemned the attacks in posts on social media.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has vowed to take measures over the ‘mindless’ attack on Nigerians in South Africa.

In a tweet on Monday, Onyeama assured that ‘definitive measures’ would be taken to prevent future occurrences.