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...
Today wednesday,around 7:00am at Beyuf Bus Stop on the Badagry Expressway Lagos,some prisoners who had were taken to court escaped after a long bus belonging to the Nigerian Prisons Service {NPS} rammed into a Stationary truck.It was learnt that several persons sustained injuries and as the prison officers were trying to calm nerves,many of the inmates were said to have fled.An official of the Federal Road Safety Corp {FRSC} who pleaded anonymity told pressmen that the headlamp of the NPS was not bright and the driver did not see the stationary vehicle in good time.He alleged that the occupants of the bus were trapped inside for for hours before the arrival of some people.''It rammed into the back of the truck headlong.Those inside the bus were trapped for sometime before one of the officials opened the door to allow rescuers carry out emergency work.Amidst the concussion,some of the prisoners were taken to the hospital''.Manhunt for the escaped prisoners,commenced immediately.More photo below. 
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