Hundreds of  youths in Kano have over the weekend staged a peaceful protest against xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa.

The youths, who marched from zoo road to Audu Bako secretariat along the state carried placards with various inscriptions condemning the despicable action taken against some Nigerians resident in South Africa.

The protesters, who called on the South African government to bring to an end the  spate of attacks  as Nigerians would not continue to fold their arms while their citizens in other country are being attacked and killed.

Speaking to newsmen, the spokesman of the protesters and chairman of joint action campaign against xenophobic attack, Khalid Sanusi has called on the federal governmen to

take urgent  and concrete diplomatic steps aimed at bringing the recalcitrant South African to order.

He  wondered   how South African leaders easily forgotten the immense contribution given to the liberation struggle that was spearheaded by Nigeria which  eventually  freed them from apartheid   aided and abetted by imperialist powers and their lackeys. 

He said the youths in the country would not continue to fold their arms and watch their brothers and sisters or other fellow human beings being killed just because of religious difference, race, country or status.

He alleged  that the inability of government to take action on the killings of Nigerians in South Africa led to burning and destruction  of companies owned by South Africa in Nigeria.

He attributed the high rate  of unemployment in South Africa as the major reason behind the xenophobic attack saying for the South African government to tackle the issue, it must create job oppurtunities to the teeming number of unemployed youths in the country.

diplomatic  ties  between Nigeria and South Africa has gone sour as a result of series  of wanton  of  xenophobic attack by south Africans   Nigerian citizens