Akinyemi also accused South African authorities of sponsoring or condoning the attacks, which the countries foreign affairs minister Naledi Pandor described as Afrophobia. Nigeria
Nigerian returnees from South Africa after the xenophobic attacks arriving at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on September 11, 2019. PHOTOS: NAJEEM RAHEEM
The former minister said Nigeria must sue South Africa because the xenophobic attacks were in violation of Article 2, Paragraph 2 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Akinyemi said statements made by South African leaders such as Pandor, defense minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and former deputy minister of police Bongani Mkongi encouraged the latest attacks on Nigerians and other foreign nationals.
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