Vice President Kashim Shettima. Photo: X / @stanleynkwocha_

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday declared that Nigeria would no longer tolerate the dehumanisation and mistreatment of its citizens in South Africa.

He warned against the recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks even as he departed Luanda, Angola, for Nigeria after representing President Bola Tinubu at the 21st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.

Speaking to newsmen in Luanda shortly before his departure, Shettima said the pattern of attacks had crossed a line Nigeria was no longer willing to accept.

The Senior Special Assistant to the VP on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, revealed this in a statement he signed Monday afternoon titled ‘VP Shettima: Why South Africans Must Rethink Xenophobic, Afrophobic