{"id":697656,"date":"2019-09-03T09:47:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T09:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"\">\n\n<p>Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the African Union (AU) to take precautionary steps against the recent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_703656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachm"},"modified":"2019-09-03T09:47:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T09:47:20","slug":"what-au-should-do-to-south-africa-atiku-abubakar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/03\/what-au-should-do-to-south-africa-atiku-abubakar\/","title":{"rendered":"What AU Should Do To South Africa \u2013 Atiku Abubakar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the African Union (AU) to take precautionary steps against the recent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_703656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703656\" style=\"width: 739px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-703656\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/images-5.jpeg\" alt=\"Atiku\" width=\"739\" height=\"415\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-703656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People\u2019s Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Videos of the attacks and killings in South Africa which are going viral, has since stirred reactions from well-meaning Nigerians calling on government to send help to its citizens in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Twitter page, Atiku wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReported attacks against Nigerians in South Africa is unacceptable and stands condemned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUrgent steps need to be taken with the SA authorities and the African Union to bring an end to this ill wind that can only end up destroying the fabric of our African brotherhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See the tweet below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reported attacks against Nigerians in South Africa is unacceptable and stands condemned. Urgent steps need to be taken with the SA authorities and the African Union to bring an end to this ill wind that can only end up destroying the fabric of our African brotherhood. -AA<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atiku\/status\/1168759204590575616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">September 3, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the African Union (AU) to take precautionary steps against the recent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. 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