Nigerians in South Africa in fear as attacks surge, NIDCOM demands urgent action

The Nigerians successful Diaspora Commission has raised caller interest implicit rising attacks connected Nigerians and different achromatic immigrants successful South Africa, informing that the concern appears to beryllium getting worse contempt earlier diplomatic engagements.

The informing was contained successful a connection issued connected April 29 2026, and signed by the Commission’s Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, pursuing reports of renewed unit successful immoderate communities.

According to the Commission, Nigerians surviving successful affected areas are progressively nether pressure, with immoderate families present acrophobic to transportation retired regular activities.

“Reports reaching america amusement that children of Nigerian descent are present frightened to spell to school, portion concern owners are reluctant to unfastened their shops owed to fearfulness of attacks and looting,” the connection noted.

It added that incidents of harassment and intimidation person been recorded wrong the past 72 hours, raising concerns astir the information of overseas nationals.

NIDCOM called connected the South African authorities to instrumentality contiguous and disposable steps to unafraid affected communities, stressing that the extortion of each residents is simply a ineligible and motivation responsibility.

The Commission besides rejected what it described arsenic the increasing profiling of Nigerians, insisting that transgression acts should beryllium treated connected an idiosyncratic basis.

“Crime has nary nationality. Collective punishment and generalisation are unacceptable,” the statement...