South Africans stripped our sisters naked: Tinubu, Obi, Atiku wring their fingers
By Faruk Ahmed A video is circulating on the internet. You may have seen it. Two women – Nigerians, our sisters – are stripped naked on a major thoroughfare in South Africa. They are beaten, bloodied, repeatedly kicked in the stomach and in their genitals. The violence is recorded on camera by a laughing mob. Cars and motorcycles whiz by. No security officer stops. No siren approaches. This happened in broad daylight. This is not the first time Nigerians are being attacked in South Africa. In 2008, 2015, and 2019, waves of xenophobic violence swept through the country. Nigerians were among the hardest hit. Now, in 2026, it is happening again. At least two Nigerians are dead – one beaten to death by South African military personnel, another found dead in the Pretoria Central Mortuary after an “interaction” with metro police. And what has our government done? Summoned South Africa’s Acting High Commissioner. Scheduled a bilateral meeting. Issued a statement of condemnation. Demanded auto...