Nigerians living in South Africa have raised alarm over new xenophobic threats from an anti-migrant group called Operation Dudula.
.In a viral video seen by reporters, a leader of the group was recorded ordering foreigners out of a public hospital.
He said: “If you know you are not South African, stand up right now. Don’t try us because we are going to check everybody.”
Operation Dudula began as a grassroots campaign, claiming to fight illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and what it calls the unlawful takeover of jobs and services by undocumented foreigners.
Reports say the group has been blocking clinics, inspecting businesses, and confronting immigrants.
Community leaders have described the situation as alarming and called for government intervention.
“He also narrated disturbing cases of women giving birth outside hospitals without medical care and patients being discharged without treatment.
“Imagine a woman giving birth on a bare floor in front of a hospital without a midwife. Some patients are being forced out without care. In life-and-death situations, they could just die like chickens,” he lamented.We have cried out against this ill-treatment. It is a clear display of hate and injustice against foreigners. We are not happy with it,” he said.
Onyekwelu explained that Nigerians had already reached out to political groups and immigration bodies for help.
