South Africans and Nigerians are currently engaged in cyber war against each other, with the attendant trending hashtags such as #SouthAfricans, #Nigerians, #Xenophobia and #Zimbabweans in the mix.
Trouble started when South Africans started ordering Bolt in Nigeria, all the way from their country and cancelling when the rider gets to the pick-up location.
According to the South African pranksters, Nigeria’s currency is weak, noting that they can’t pay cancellation fees.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, the South African pranksters wanted to start reporting fake crimes to Nigerian police lines.
And if you’re wondering how that could be possible, merely setting your device on VPN will give you any country of choice as your platform, no matter where you are.
Immediately Nigerians got wind of the pranks as affected persons began to share their ordeals online, Nigeria took over the pranks and successfully created maximum Bolt surge in Cape Town and Johannesburg, rendering South Africans stranded over unavailability and expensive rides.
A Nigerian Bolt driver narrates his ordeal:
1 werey south Africa booked me from ikorodu, I drove over 20min to his destination wereh just cancel ride. I 1 cry
— Tayelolu (@BadmusTayelolu) August 22, 2024
Nigerians have continued to react to the South African ‘offensive’ and the attendant upheaval they have created across the Atlantic. See the reactions:
The pain about this can’t be explained enough!!!
The fuel!
Time wasting
Hustle on hold,
The increase in anger.
Nigerians wey dey try no reason wetin economy dey do us .. Una no wan let the sleeping dog lie.. #SouthAfrica— I AM NOT YOUR MATE 😉 (@TMaykah) August 22, 2024
South Africans are actually not human beings cos why are you ordering bolts in Nigeria all the way from South Africa to stress hard working people.. na Why God created them heads that only a mother can love tL
Useless mofos..
— BOI’WHALEY (@Olaof9ja1) August 22, 2024
SA will cry….
— Seun from Lagos (@Godcaring) August 22, 2024
I guess thus south Africans guys forget that we Nigerians are more than 200million in population and 60%+ of that population are youth that have access to internet.. and 40% of us are jobless and have enough time for this kinda war ..dem go hear am today
— hafiz eminence (@hafizeminence) August 22, 2024
I don order 2 olosho from meet me, I don call bolt make he go pick them for their location and make he buy 3 packs of food I go pay am on delivery and he don almost reach my lodge like this with the girls and food 😊😊 make I cancel go order another one 😂
— Honourable Jakey Yoo (@jakey_yoo) August 22, 2024
When Nigerians are united in something, they will go all out for it, so I hope South Africans won’t cry hot tears 😭😭 now that Nigerians have decided to return the favour 🤣🤣
— Ada🖤🤍Nwachinemelu (@adanwachinemelu) August 22, 2024
They don’t know that Nigerians can crumble business for them. They’ve gone too far. They always poke at Nigerians when we simply want to live life. They will hear it. The rage Tinubu should have faced will now be on them.
— Port Harcourt (@harcourt_p84622) August 22, 2024
Nigerian Bolt drivers in South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe affected:
Any retaliation by Nigerians would primarily affect Nigerians and Zimbabweans in South Africa, as they make up a significant portion of Bolt drivers in the country, rather than South Africans themselves.
— Black Nasser 🇬🇭🇳🇬🦂𓃵 (@landrisofficial) August 22, 2024
