Oluwatosin Enesi
It all started over the Miss SA Chidimma Adetshina issue as some South Africans decided to make fake cab requests to waste the time of Nigerian drivers
Nigerians decided to retaliate, and it affected operations in South Africa, leading to some of their citizens allegedly apologising.
Social media was buzzing with excitement after Nigerians retaliated against South Africans who started a Bolt war amid Chidimma Adetshina’s issue.
It will be recalled that Chidimma Adetshina, a lady of Nigerian descent, was forced to withdraw from the Miss SA 2024 pageant after many South Africans antagonised her on social media.
Chidimma then accepted an invitation to participate in the Miss Universe Nigeria pageant, which triggered some petty South Africans to take steps, including ordering fake Bolt rides in Nigeria and cancelling them to waste the time of drivers.
After Nigerians caught wind of the situation, they retaliated by ordering several cab rides in South Africa, thereby causing traffic jams, wasting the drivers’ time and generally halting some activities.
Some Nigerians even claimed to have ordered items to be delivered to random addresses in South Africa with the pay-on-delivery option.
After many Nigerians jumped on the Bolt war trend, it quickly escalated, and some South Africans allegedly apologised on social media.
One X user with the username Itz__Rito, claimed to be a South African and lamented about getting deliveries for items that were not ordered:
Another netizen, who identified themselves as Tumelo, claimed that they had to walk to work because they couldn’t order a ride:
After reports made the rounds that a few South Africans apologised to Nigerians on social media.
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