Africa

Nigerian Man Killed In ‘Operation Dudula’ Xenophobic Attack In South Africa

A Nigerian man has been confirmed dead in the latest wave of Xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals living and working in South Africa.

The family of the deceased have been informed of the death of their relative.

The acclaimed Operation Dudula which literally means ‘Drive Back’ is aimed at forcing the South African government to declare the ‘illegal’ immigrants unqualified to work in South Africa albeit most of the jobless protesters are mostly unskilled for the same jobs they want to wrestle back.

The attacks mostly took place at the Methodist migrant community in the Soweto township where about 100 migrant families live with the attackers shouting: “Foreigners go home.”

There were also violent protests in the Hillbrow area near Cape Town where about 2,000 South African youths turned up with dangerous objects.

The Nigerian government through its foreign ministry are yet to react to the latest mindless attacks on Nigerians.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.