FG: We Won’t Cut Diplomatic Ties with S’Africa over Attacks via thisdaylive
Shola Oyeyipo and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Chinedu Eze in Lagos
Onyeama said available statistics from the Nigeria High Commission in Pretoria indicated that over 800,000 Nigerians are legally living in the South African country. He said: “We are not thinking of severing diplomatic ties. There are various options. We are not by any means at a stage where we are breaking diplomatic relations with South Africa.
“It has been happening for far too long, it’s becoming almost endemic, so with the distinguished senators helping with some of the options, we may have to ensure that this will be the last time we will ever be meeting to talk about Nigerians attacked in South Africa and to take definitive measures. To start doing that, we want to have all the facts available and then we will take the necessary measures.
“We will honour the sacrifices of the fallen by devoting ourselves once more to a covenant of service to one another, certain in the knowledge that our greatest protection against such harm is peace, progress and prosperity in the homeland.” “This will allow the government to, more accurately, demand reparations to compensate our citizens who suffered in this recent orgy of violence. The House of Representatives is ready to authorise legal funding for those citizens who wish to take legal action against identified perpetrators of the violence, as well as those who sponsored them or permitted their actions to occur and to continue.
Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, who confirmed the development in a statement yesterday, said the airline had already placed its Boeing 777 aircraft on standby since Thursday and was only awaiting the go ahead from the government.
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