{"id":15029,"date":"2019-09-04T13:47:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=15029"},"modified":"2019-09-04T13:47:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:47:58","slug":"believe-that-shoprite-mtn-dstv-others-are-owned-by-south-africans-erroneous-saraki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/believe-that-shoprite-mtn-dstv-others-are-owned-by-south-africans-erroneous-saraki","title":{"rendered":"Believe that Shoprite, MTN, DSTV, others are owned by South Africans erroneous \u2013 Saraki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bukola Saraki, the immediate past Senate President, on Wednesday cautioned Nigerians against reprisal attacks on business ventures erroneously believed to be owned by South African in the country.<\/p>\n<p>A video had surfaced online of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2019\/09\/02\/xenophobia-reactions-trail-attack-nigerians-others-south-africans\/\">South Africans attacking some Nigerians<\/a>\u00a0and foreigners in their country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>Confirming the incident, the President of the Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA), Adetola Olubajo said the attacks began on Sunday morning in Jeppestown area of Johannesburg when a building was set ablaze by an angry mob.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mob also looted several shops that were around the vicinity suspected to be owned by foreign nationals. But the Police later dispersed the mob and made some arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLate in the evening of Sunday, Sept. 1, a group of violent locals suspected to be Zulu hostel dwellers besieged Jules Street in Malvern, Johannesburg looted and burned shops\/businesses,\u2019\u2019 he said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>Against the backdrop of the xenophobic attack in South Africa, some aggrieved Nigerians had embarked on reprisal attacks on businesses owned by South Africans in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The aggrieved youths attack some outlets of Shoprite and MTN offices in some states.<\/p>\n<p>However, Saraki described the reprisal attack as \u201cdisheartening and disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>In a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle, Saraki wrote: \u201cVideos of Nigerians engaging in reprisal attacks in Nigeria against businesses believed, in many cases erroneously, to be owned by South Africans are disheartening and disturbing. \u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bukola Saraki, the immediate past Senate President, on Wednesday cautioned Nigerians against reprisal attacks on business ventures erroneously believed to be owned by South African in the country. 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