Belfast mum and daughter’s fear as home targeted in race attacks

A Nigerian woman living in south Belfast has said she and her daughter are living in fear as their home has been targeted in multiple hate-motivated attacks.

Odegua said her front window has been smashed, eggs have been thrown at the front door and jelly has been put through the letterbox.

Police have received eight reports of anti-social behaviour targeting the property in the past 18 months.

They are treating each of the incidents as “motivated by hate”.

The care worker, who lives with her teenage daughter, told BBC News NI they were “terrified”.

She said her daughter “doesn’t want to live here for another minute”.

“I have been here for years. I don’t bother anybody. I don’t know why they should be doing this to me – it’s really terrifying,” she said.

Odegua, who has lived in Northern Ireland for almost two decades, said her daughter “can’t even sit at the window because of when they broke the window”.

“She was born here, so she should be free,” she added.