XENOPHOBIC ATTACK: OBASANJO WANTS SOUTH AFRICA REPORTED TO AFRICAN UNION

The former President in the letter provided by his Media Aide, Kehinde  Akinyemi reads, “for any African country to encourage or allow or not seriously sanction xenophobia against Africans in their country, it is a great disservice not only to the country where xenophobia takes place and the countries of the victims concerned, but also a great disservice to the whole of Africa and black race.

Penpushing further reports that, Obasanjo declared that there was “need for fence-mending, reconciliation and wound-binding between South Africa and the countries whose citizens have been victims of xenophobia and afrophobia in South Africa.

‘ As a suggestion, South Africa should send emissaries to the countries concerned to explain, apologise and agree on the way forward for mutual understanding, accommodation, reconciliation, and binding the wound to promote unity, concord, and brotherhood in Africa’.

Penpushing also reports that, he pointed out that repatriation of Nigerians from South Africa is obviously not a permanent solution, but at best it is palliative, noting that the hurt will still remain for some time, adding that neither is revenge a desirable solution.

‘Mutual understanding and acknowledgement of what needs to be done on all sides is imperative and getting down to doing them is the solution that will serve Nigeria and South Africa and indeed Africa well particularly in this era of Africa Continental Free Trade Area opportunities’.

‘ Nigeria and South Africa must stand together to champion African cause and to jointly shepherd African development, unity, cooperation, security, and progress to make the 21st century Africa’s century.”