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Friday 17 April 2015

Pics: Nigerians in South Africa seek Asylum at Home Affairs office

To avoid being killed or injured, some Nigerians who live in areas where Zulu boys have unleashed terror ran to the Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria to seek refuge. There, they claim the security asked them for money before they were allowed to enter the compound. Is Nigeria that bad that people would rather live like this than come home?



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110 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh yes Linda my sweet, its dat bad

Unknown said...

Oh! Most necessary, and needed to save their lives if not OYO for them.

Davido's driver said...

It's not the first time. Old news

Anonymous said...

Oh dear....Aiyaa,its a pity. May God sort them out.

Unknown said...

Y can't we have A "Rawlings" to kill all dz big bastards eating up or cash and keep space for the young ones to grow rada dan force dem to live like refugees in a big city dan go home

Anonymous said...

I TIRED FOR SOME PPLE OOH, DEM WAN DIE FOR SA??TOMJERRYSWIT

Anonymous said...

Come back to Your Country... what are you doing in a run down country like South Africa.
There is no place like Home.

Unknown said...

Na wa oo

Davido's driver said...

Thats what they get for feeling too big to become a driver like me

Unknown said...

Leave dem nau, some pple prefer to be in another man's country suffering than suffer in their own country

Unknown said...

I guess dey prepare to be slave over thr than to be king in thr country

Unknown said...

#Linda..,
that's a very good question to ponder on....

Anonymous said...

THIS is not worth the "I Must Live Abroad "

KOT said...

Ppl prefer to suffer for country wey get light and beta basic amenities than der country wer get bad evrytin..may God help us

"KOT"...send from presidential villa

Unknown said...

No place lyk home,kum brk guyz

Unknown said...

Nigeria gov't should rise up to this challenge before it is too late.

Unknown said...

And our government say time to evacuate our people neva reach. Issokay o! Linda take note!

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

So dey can't even leave if dey decide to? Is dat it?

Anonymous said...

Boca ur blog is going on fine for u,how would you know how bad it is

Anonymous said...

So you don't know nigeria is bad? Nigeria is only conducive for the rich!

MADE IN NIGERIA said...

Hmmmmmmm, no comment

Unknown said...

Yes ooo, Nigeria iz dat bad. Bt dey better come home.

Zord said...

Linda,some can't just come home bcos they've lived their entire lives there

Anonymous said...

It's so so embarrassing. I guess they want to live outside naija by all means. Too too bad.

Anonymous said...

Linda I lived at the back of this Home Affairs office, even when there was no crisis, that place always overfull and extend to outside of the building, over 5000 would gather there on a Thursday to get asylum papers, even though only 100 will get it that day, 90% of those who got it pay up to 1500 rands (30k naira) to get it, so that's as always been the case at home affairs every Thursday, what saying in essence is that though there's been an attack on foreighners in Durban and Jozi, but this whole social media fake news and so many false information has blew this issue out of proportion, pls cerculate confirm news and stop caring people, thanks

TAMARA SPLASH said...

Same question I ask myxlf

Anonymous said...

Would you feed them when the get to Nigeria?

mainboy said...

foolish nigerians, they don't know that there is no place like home

Unknown said...

Too bad!

mainboy said...

foolish nigerians, they don't know that there is no place like home

Unknown said...

Linda, some of them doesn't even have money to come back home. I was in Durban some weeks back, I was surprise to see a Nigerian begging just to buy food to eat. It's that bad for some of them over there.

ESTY said...

I WONDER WHY THEY CAN'T COME HOME.

Unknown said...

Our govt is waiting for it to get worse.

June said...

This is really bad. I pray this situation is taken care of swiftly

Anonymous said...

Yes Linda, Nigeria is that bad. If I have my way, don't think I will still be in this fucking country

Anonymous said...

No whr in d world u will not find a nigerian, exp d igbos y?
They cant stand bein broke cos of thr pride, dats y dey travel out to these countries, they go thr and do all type of shady biznx, drugs,scam citizens, so many fraudulent activities Y? I really dont blame D xenophobians, becos dis foreigners are thr to destroy! Dey beta go bk to thr countries.

Anonymous said...

OUR LEADERS SCREWED UP AND WE NEED TO CHANGE NIGERIA NOW

Unknown said...

Difficult to leave one's livelihood behind.

Unknown said...

THEY SHOULD BETTER COME BACK HOME, WE DONT WANT TO LOOSE ANY OF THEM....

Unknown said...

Kyrie eleison! Father plz protect your own

Anonymous said...

dem jt dey suffer demselves...make dem cum bk ...cum invest in our economy.

aeesha said...

Hmmmm...God we dey ya hand

Anonymous said...

Looking carefully if I ll see any of my niggi...

Anonymous said...

85per of dis ones are my igbo brethen ogi ni? Naija no gree una stay, may God help u come bk home alive, dats if dey really wanna come home. Leave other people's land, stop spoilin thr land, nigerians are highly corrupt they knw dis, dats y they are attackin dem. Igbo boiz want quick moni thru corrupt practices dats y dey wan die thr! God help U all

Unknown said...

They should better find their way home,lncluding my bro who has left dis country since and refuse to come bk home,God I pray dis issue will affect him so he will be bk home,cos we hv bn praying for him to come bk,afterall is not by force to stay abroad,

Anonymous said...

Oh shut up Linda.... You sit at home where things are easy for you blogging away stupid comments... All fingers aren't equal and some must strive to make a living. You are asking if Nigeria is bad.. Aren't you a supporter of GEJ and a pro PDP gurl? Answer the silly question you asked yourself.

Chigo said...

I dont even understand what they are still doing there. They shld find their way home and not wait for our FG

Unknown said...

Pls Zulu guys help me to deport my bro home oo,he has a better future here in nigeria than SA,he is not doin anything der,just deceiving himself,thanks

Unknown said...

What is the duty of Nigeria government, their ambassadors and embassy? Nawa oh.

Anonymous said...

COME HOME TO WHAT? IF NIGERIA WAS A NORMAL ENVIRONMENT NO ONE WOULD BE SEEKING GREENER PASTURES IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

Otunba said...

I don't think the problem is the Nigerian condition.
The problem is many of these people are rather ashamed to come back without nothing to brag about.

ella said...

i like nigerian.. but iam fans of babangida.. nigerian footbal player..

Unknown said...

To be clear Linda, things weren't this bad in SA, you don't expect someone who has already set up a life in SA to come running back to nothing in Nigeria as soon as the attacks started. what they are doing now is their first and best line of action...

Unknown said...

Please read this and pass to your friends in SA, u might just save a life!! A train full of Zulus left Durban today, heading for Jhb and pretoria!! These man are armed and they are going to be killing any foreigner they meet tomorrow!! Please lets stand together and against this spirit of death that is gripping SA tomorrow! Please tell all your friends and relatives to avoid the following areas: Hillbrow, Berea, Carlton Centre, Northgate, eastgate, westgate, southgate, Cresta, Montecasino, Boksburg, Benoni, albertine!!! Please pass foward, u may just save a life!!! ANC

Anonymous said...

My ppl,u had better come back to your country and build it. #HopeForABetterNigeria.

Anonymous said...

It is better for Nigerians to stay in Nigeria as first class citizens than for them to seek for greener pastures in other countries such as UK, USA, South Africa, etc as second class citizens.

ary said...

Make them come house, this is just silly.

Unknown said...

Don't understand why some people choose to live in fear Biko na wa.

biijay said...

Where is the Nigerian embassy in South Africa?

Unknown said...

no mind them.,,,,they just want to be bearing that controvercial name...NDI OBODO OYIBO...even when they are not comfortable....na dem sabi

Unknown said...

no mind them.,,,,they just want to be bearing that controvercial name...NDI OBODO OYIBO...even when they are not comfortable....na dem sabi

Anonymous said...

Is just like telling you to leave lagos and your company or business and go back to nkwerre your village. My dear it is not easy,some are already established that they own companies and have lived for long in that country, running to the home affairs is better cus when every settles,they can be able to go back home. They can only come home if things got worst. I dnt know why blacks hate themselves,just like in nigeria were different tribes hate themselves.

Anonymous said...

Do you not know that ? Do you not know that nigeira is Evil and worst than you think?

Do you not know that ? Do you not know that nigeira is Evil and worst than you think?

Do you not know that ? Do you not know that nigeira is Evil and worst than you think?

Do you not know that ? Do you not know that nigeira is Evil and worst than you think?

Unknown said...

they should come back ah ah

Goaldyn Boy said...

If I were Nigerian Government, I would convert Boko Haram to usefulness by flying them to South Africa to go and deal with those Zulu dawgs! As they are claiming beasts, when they jam a deadlier beast, body go tell them!So that next time they won't mess with Nigerians!.... That's a Machiavellian way of solving problems!!!

Anonymous said...

Linda, don't be insensitive. There are people from the western world that have lived in Nigeria for years and even when some of our people were kidnapping foreigners they didn't run away. Why? Because this is home for them. It is not so easy to pack up and leave a place you have called home fo a while. Linda, you are in the media whether you accept it or not. Also people look up to you. You should be cautious about what you say and how you say it regardless of your position. Please exercise decorum. And, I'm a Nigerian that lives in Nigeria

Unknown said...

Linda u sabi d situation of dis country ba? The country is bad QED

Innocentia Annie said...

They should come back and save their head
Seeking asylum might not help them

Doc A said...

Linda its not everyone that has a "home" to go to.
Go home and do what?
what if they are their families breadwinners?
what if they have SA wives like many do, and their children???
Its not easy to just tell someone to pack up and move. Many may have lived there for ages.

I am not in SA but these are most likely issues why!

Unknown said...

They should come the fuck home already!

Ogechi@ afakos@yahoo.com said...

No place is better than home

Unknown said...

If SA govt don't du anytin about dis, I hope dey know what dey are about to start? And dey should be ready to dance to the music

Naija Yankee Boy said...

Aunty Linda, they are there for business. People can do business anywhere in the world.

Unknown said...

To think that I have colleagues who are South Africans.
They work freely and don't feel endangered.

Unknown said...

Kinda

Unknown said...

"Let's have a black Friday demonstration TODAY against the gruesome killings of foreigners in S.A. no shopping at shoprite, pick n pay, spar, steers, debonairs, hungry Lion, Mr Price, Woolworths, or any shop that is a south african invstment. S.A must be put in their place. Send this to all your contacts.
Black Friday for South Africa products.
Media like BBC must be invited
Boycott all South African shops in a bid to make the RSA take a stiffer action against Xenophobic attacks. PEP, Shoprite, Game stores,JET,EDGAR'S .... Circulate this message and take action. Someone's mother, father, brother, sister could be saved. Help save a life"

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Unknown said...

Abeg linda help me ask them.alot of youth have been brainwashed to believe that they can't make it here, which is a lie take you for example, you made it here without moving an inch and alot of people making it as well.all you just need here is to be focus, hardworking,don't spend beyond your earnings, have a good saving culture etc above all be prayerful and have the fear of God

Anonymous said...

Abi o. They should come back home mana. Na by force to live in S A?

Unknown said...

Your country must not be bad or poor before you can travel to another country to work or do business, Americans British etc still travel all over the world to live and establish themselves, South africans are just very foolish!!!

Unknown said...

GMB has promised that all our problems in NG will come to an end as soon as he assumes office. So people in this kind of countries will soon return. Change Sai Buhari

Unknown said...

I tire o. But naija people will never agree to come back from 'abroad' even if they are washing the toilet there. They prefer the news "He died abroad" than "He died in his village". Naija sha.. poverty of the mind is killing most of them.

Unknown said...

Hmmmmmmm Linda is home really avhome??????? What a shame!!!! We can only hope for the best.JC

Subomi said...

Nigeria is not that bad Linda, but come home to what, its very true some people have nothing or no one to come home to o, shit is real, which is where FG can step in and help.

Unknown said...

Your country must not be bad or poor before you can travel to another country to work or do business, Americans British etc still travel all over the world to live and establish themselves, South africans are just very foolish!!!

Unknown said...

hahahaha Marabastad where you buy the best Pkomo and cow legs in Pretoria. Anyways I am also a Nigerian residing in Johannesburg and I must add that the issue of xenophobic attacks is worse with other nationals like the Ethiopians, Somalians, Zimbabweans and Malawians. Them no born them well to try that shit with the Nigerians here and get away with it in Jozi. We Nigerians are equally ready to match them "Fire for Fire"

Unknown said...

Mumu Alert.

Unknown said...

South Africa Government better do something about this o

Anonymous said...

Have u forgotten how we ran in northern nigeria or how we ran in lagos during counting of the election votes. At 2pm from the office everybody don run enter house. Nigeria isn't still good enough

Abigail Onyin C.C said...

Linda correct ur mistake.. What is 'd' doing on dis post? Remove it n thank me letter

Unknown said...

God pls touch d hearts of dis idiot's in SA for a change in their lives. God come to d rescue of our fellow Nigerians.

Nky said...

Na wa oo, they should come back home nau

Anonymous said...

I don't know why Linda doesn't verify her news, this is Pretoria and they are fighting in durban. They are not fighting Nigerian,is only Somalia and etiopia

Unknown said...

When do you work when you are always on here?

Anonymous said...

Their life is there, Linda. How can they leave it all to run back to Nigeria?

Davido's driver said...

Ok

APPLE said...

What kind of embarrassment is this???!!!!

Unknown said...

They can't it's not easy

Anonymous said...

That 'Im overseas mentality' will not kill us nigerians whalahi!

Anonymous said...

well yes, think of Nigerians who are desperate enough for an assurance of tomorrow that they do Very dangerous desert crossings to Europe.

Anonymous said...

That picture is everyday in marabastad and has nothing to do with the violence in Durban. Please may you kindly verify news before publishing as it might cause panic and eventually chaos.

MASLOW said...

What kind of dirty asylum are Nigerians in S A seeking for again instead of coming back home.

Anonymous said...

Anyone who go to a place like SA and get killed will go straight to hell. What are you doing in a country that is not welcoming to strangers. Must you be there? I do not believe there is any opportunity there that you cannot get here. The only problem is that want to we live abroad. This is the only country where people go for Thanksgiving in church for getting a visa to travel to go and slave in another place.

Unchained said...

Well in my opinion Nigeria is that bad. Very badt. That is why they will refuse to come back. #justSoyouknow

Unknown said...

Long story short, if Nigeria was a better place, people would actually stay back.

Anonymous said...

You are right

Unknown said...

for their on good

Abdul Adepetu said...

Well the PDP Federal Government of Nigeria said the situation is not that bad yet. That they will react in 48 hrs. OMG

Anonymous said...

Its better to come home alive than to be killed in such a gruesom manner, dis is not nice at all, tnk God I'm not even usin MTN sef, dis is so annoyin alrdy..mtchewww.

Anonymous said...

Its better to come home alive than to be killed in such a gruesom manner, dis is not nice at all, tnk God I'm not even usin MTN sef, dis is so annoyin alrdy..mtchewww.

Unknown said...

They should come back home o

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