Numerous tweeps have made mockery of indigenous rapper Zlatan Ibile over his comment on xenophobic attacks in South Africa, Afriupdate reports.
This news medium earlier reported that South Africans had on Sunday begun fresh attacks, looting and burning of businesses and properties belonging to foreigners and in the process killed three people.
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While the news still flood social media platforms, Nigerian celebrities took to their platforms to lament the attacks on Nigerians residing in South Africa.
Among them is Zlatan who said that “Violence is not a solution to the attacks, but chaos”
He tweeted, “Deep down my heart I feel sad on the situation of things and happenings. Violence is never a solution but rather chaos . My people let’s pray and hope people in power handle the situation on ground.”
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Seeing this, some users mocked the singer, while others defended his comment.
Check out some reactions below:
https://twitter.com/mukhtar_usman/status/1169022696002326530
https://twitter.com/alexkings7/status/1169166066125365248
https://twitter.com/sodiq_ololade/status/1169087493934895110
Oh! Zlantan is rich but poor in grammar.i think #zlatan19 was trying to say 'violence is never a solution nor chaos'
— Adeniyi Afolabi (@EsotericAffo) September 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/larryqule/status/1169027659751481345
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Some artistes/celebrities are not meant to talk on issues like this. Just leave those who know what they are saying to do so. Abi ewo tun ni "violence is never a solution but rather a chaos" bayi? pic.twitter.com/FqQAiJJoxU
— Uncle Khenie (@_iamkhenie) September 4, 2019
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