Nigerians are horrible, South African politician sparks outrage at farewell event

A South African woman who identified herself as the president of a political party on Wednesday bid farewell to Nigerians being repatriated from South Africa amid a wave of xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals in the country.

The woman, who gave her name as Thabile Sibeko and described herself as president of the Inizwe Nathi Party, spoke to newsmen at the airport in South Africa.

This is as the first batch of 262 Nigerians — mostly women and children — landed at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday morning following escalating anti-immigrant violence.

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“I’m here to bid farewell to Nigeria, to make sure that they are leaving our country and to say to them bye-bye, Nigeria. Thank you for all you contributed to our country.

“We did not appreciate the wrongs that you have done, and we hope that you have learned a lesson, and we want to encourage them when they go to other countries, they must take care of other countries,” she said.