The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ogun State Joint Campus Committee (JCC), has issued a fiery and uncompromising warning over the renewed xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa, declaring that Nigerian students will no longer sit idly by while their compatriots are brutalized, humiliated, and hunted.
In a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by Comrade Olabode Farouq Success, NANS Ogun JCC described the attacks as ‘barbaric’, ‘disgraceful’, and a direct assault on the dignity of Nigerians vowing to mobilize students across the state for a mass protest if the violence does not stop immediately.
The association also announced its readiness to stage coordinated protests while directing Nigerian students to begin an immediate boycott of major businesses owned by South Africans, including MTN and DSTV, as a clear message against what it called ‘systematic hostility and dangerous silence’.
‘This is no longer a time for polite diplomacy. Nigerians are being attacked, their businesses destroyed, their lives threatened—and we are expected to remain calm? No. Not anymore’ the statement declared.
NANS Ogun Axis condemned what it described as a shameful double standard, pointing out that while South African companies continue to rake in massive profits in Nigeria under peaceful and protected conditions, Nigerians in South Africa are subjected to relentless violence and discrimination.
‘It is an insult of the highest order. Nigerians have shown tolerance, hospitality, and brotherhood. What we receive in return is hatred and bloodshed. This hypocrisy will be resisted’ the statement said.
The student body also made it clear that Nigerians are not second-class citizens on the African continent and will not continue to be treated as expendable victims.
Raising the alarm over the safety of Nigerian students and youths abroad, NANS warned that the continued attacks pose a serious threat to their lives, dreams, and future, stressing that no Nigerian should have to live in fear for simply seeking better opportunities.
While reaffirming its belief in African unity, the association insisted that unity without justice is meaningless and condemned xenophobia in its entirety.
It however emphasized that the continued targeting of Nigerians in South Africa must be confronted with a decisive action—not empty rhetoric.
NANS Ogun JCC has also issued a direct and uncompromising demand to the South African government and its security agencies to immediately clamp down on perpetrators, protect Nigerians and other African nationals, and bring those responsible to swift justice while warning that failure to act will be seen as deliberate negligence or silent endorsement.
The association also took a swipe at South African businesses operating in Nigeria, accusing them of benefiting from Nigerian goodwill while remaining mute in the face of injustice against Nigerians in their home country.
‘You cannot continue to profit from Nigeria and remain silent while Nigerians are being attacked. That silence is loud, and it is unacceptable’ the statement added.
NANS Ogun Axis warned that the planned boycott and protests are only the beginning of a broader, lawful, and democratic resistance if urgent steps are not taken.
‘Let it be clear—we are not begging for respect, we are demanding it. If our people are not safe, then business as usual cannot continue. Enough is enough’ the association submitted while noting that African brotherhood cannot survive on one-sided tolerance because respect must be mutual, enforced, and non-negotiable-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
