Simon Adeoye, a
Nigerian automobile mechanic based in South Africa, on Tuesday said he lost
N240.650m (R10m) worth of cars in the recent Xenophobic attack.
Speaking with NAN on telephone from Pretoria,
South Africa, Adeoye said some of the cars belonged to South Africans, while
others were being repaired for sale.
He explained that on the day of the incident, he
got a call that his workshop had been set ablaze, and he rushed to the place to
see what was left of the place.
“By the time I got there, 29 cars of different
make, some Nigerian passports, documents of the workshop, money and other
personal effects had been destroyed by fire,” he said.
“I was helpless and could not do anything… I
appeal to the federal government to assist me get back to business. Officials
of the Nigerian mission have visited the workshop to do an assessment and we
are yet to hear from them.
“At the moment, I have lost everything I have. I
need urgent help to re-start my business. This will also assist me pay my
workers who have families to carter for.”
He appealed to the mission to provide replacement
for the passports gutted by fire to enable affected Nigerians have documents.
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