SOUTH AFRICA'S CONSUL GENERAL IN LAGOS, PROFESSOR BOBBY J. MOROE, HAS SUED FOR HEALING AND RECONCILIATION BETWEEN NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA OVER XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE, DECLARING PERPETRATORS DO NOT REPRESENT THE SOUL OF SOUTH AFRICA.(PHOTO).
South Africa's Consul General in Lagos, Professor Bobby J. Moroe, has sued for healing and reconciliation between Nigeria and South Africa over xenophobic violence, declaring perpetrators do not represent the soul of South Africa. Speaking at the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Forum in Lagos, Moroe said South African government condemned the criminality by vigilante groups and has arrested over 80 suspects across six provinces for prosecution. "Let us fall in love again with each other's land," Moroe said. "How can a moment of anger erase a lifetime of solidarity? Nigeria stood by us when the world remained silent. You funded our freedom, you carried our struggle in your chest. Our struggle was your struggle, our pain was your pain, and indeed, our freedom is your freedom." He noted South African constitution protects both regular and irregular migrants and only law enforcement can handle migration issues, describing reprisals in Nigeria...
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