Lulu Mnguni, South African high commissioner to Nigeria has reminisced how late Nelson Mandela solicited for money from Nigeria to wage war against apartheid forces – a policy of discrimination on grounds of race in 1963.
Lulu who spoke as a special guest at a forum organised by the Abuja Writers Forum stated that, “Mandela came to Nigeria in February 1963 to beg for money to help in the struggle for the people of our country and he was given the needed support,” he was quoted as saying.
“Nigeria as a country helped South Africa a lot in the struggle for freedom; I want to use this opportunity to thank Nigerians for the role they played in our struggle.
“The African National Congress (ANC) was earlier in the struggle dominated by professors and other educated people, but Mandela later changed it and made people the centre of the struggle.”
Lulu further stressed that people saw Mandela as a symbol of struggle, adding that he was an intelligent lawyer, who did not compromise in spite of the contradiction happening in his country at that time.
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