FG Summons South African High Commissioner over Xenophobic Attacks
Following escalation of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa, the federal government has summoned the country’s High Commissioner to Nigeria to a meeting.
“I am directed to inform that the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs has summoned the High Commissioner of South Africa for a meeting this morning by 11am. You are therefore invited to cover the meeting,” the short statement inviting journalists to cover the event said.The latest xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, THISDAY learnt, was as a result of the clash between taxi drivers and drug dealers in South Africa.
The source also confirmed the media reports that the attack on the Nigerian embassy in South Africa was carried out by Nigerians who felt the embassy had not done enough to protect them and not by South Africans. “One of the South African media outfit carried the news that the driver that was killed was killed by a Nigerian, because of that they started attacking and looting shops and property owned by Nigerians.
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