Xenophobia: Twitter users berate Fayemi, El-Rufai, Sanusi for attending event in South Africa
http://www.hrlnews.com/2019/09/xenophobia-twitter-users-berate-fayemi.html
Nigerians have been reacting to the presence of Governor Kayode
Fayemi of Ekiti State, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Emir
of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II in South Africa, in light of the xenophobic
attacks on Nigerians and other foreign nationals in the country.
The Federal Government had on Wednesday announced its withdrawal from
the World Economic Forum holding in Cape Town over the xenophobic
attacks.
While announcing that the Nigerian delegation which was meant to have
been led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would no longer be attending
the WEF, Bashir Ahmad, President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Media aide
revealed that former minister and presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili
would be attending the summit in a private capacity.
He tweeted, “Aunty @obyezeks
you’re properly very educated but unfortunately you failed to
understand that those who are being attacked in SA, where you’re at the
moment, are also private citizens, we all thought you’d sympathize with
them and boycott the @wef to properly protest the attacks.”
Meanwhile, the official Twitter handle of the Emir revealed that he delivered a speech at Africa in the World Conference in Stellenberg, South Africa.
Photos showing the governors were also shared on the Twitter handle, which led to reactions on the social media platform