Human rights activist Reno Omokri has condemned the ongoing feud between Nigerians and South Africans, News About Nigeria reports.
He expressed his displeasure with the online battle between the two countries in a statement via his verified handle on X on Thursday.
The battle began when a South African tweeted that he ordered Bolt rides in Nigeria from South Africa whenever he was bored, only to cancel the rides when drivers got to the location.
Other South Africans began doing same but on Thursday, Nigerians retaliated by ordering Bolt rides in South Africa.
This led to a surge in the Bolt orders, leading to unavailability of rides and an increase in transportation fare in South Africa.
Reacting to this, Omokri stated that the feud is enough, adding that both countries are only enriching a European country, as neither South Africa nor Nigeria owns the Bolt company.
He wrote, “On this Bolt issue, the point has been made. It is enough. There’s no need for Nigerians and South Africans to keep spending African money on Bolt, a European company, to teach each other a lesson.
“I could understand if we were spending on Dangote or MTN in this supremacy battle. But Bolt is from Estonia. I have been to Estonia. It is a rich Baltic country, which just got more prosperous in the last 24 hours because two African nations are confronting each other instead of cooperating to enrich themselves.
“We are sabotaging African interests while aiding European growth.
Similarly, the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, in a tweet on his verified handle on X on Thursday, condemned the cyber war on South Africa.
He noted that the misconduct of a few South Africans should not result in the disruption of online transportation services for a majority of fellow Africans by Nigerians.
“I totally condemn the cyber war on South African internet infrastructure by a group of netizens from ‘Nigeria’ disrupting online transportation services for a majority of fellow Africans because of the misconduct of a few South Africans. It is unacceptable, and I want it stopped henceforth.
“Cyber Xenophobia” is as dangerously reprehensible as mental and physical Xenophobia! There are millions of South Africans, as well as Nigerians in the diaspora, that would be adversely affected by this terrible conduct,” he stated.
