Nigerians and South Africans are in a new online battle for dominance.
On Thursday morning, people from both countries started ordering e-hailing rides from Bolt and Uber in the other country, only to cancel the rides when the drivers arrived.
The situation began with South Africans reportedly ordering rides in Nigeria and canceling them. In response, Nigerians did the same in South Africa.
As of Thursday, social media in Nigeria is buzzing with trends related to ‘South Africa’ and ‘Bolt’ on X.com. See reactions indicating this:
OnePuckett: “Hope they know Nigerians are jobless..they shouldn’t allow Nigerians play this game with them cuz Nigerians will really take it farrr”
DamilareOdulesi: “One thing I’m happy about is that once Nigerians start this with them, they will cry”
kayzywizzzy: “if Nigerians decides to retaliate na them go tire, they just want suffer divers weay dey hustle for daily bread”
mpiredivine: “This is actually pure evil and totally sick. South Africans should better stop this nonsense because they kuku know that Nigerians don’t have a stop button. Once we start, na dem go beg.”
topboy_ngn: “If Nigerians start ordering their bolt they will be angry and say we are coming for their jobs.. The weakest link in Africa is South Africa, with their foreheads like dev!l beans.”
Balatic: “They even have the audacity to show proof of their sabotage of our economy. The APC Junta won’t act on this o! If na Nigerians planning peaceful protests now, they’ll be everywhere. E don be”