Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday said xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa was a blot on common history of both countries.
Atiku, in a statement he issued in Abuja, described the attack as the most disturbing development at the turn of the century.
He advised both countries to explore available diplomatic measures as soon as possible to address the situation, while urging citizens of both countries to see themselves as one. “True, the days of apartheid in South Africa and military rule in Nigeria are far behind us, we still both have a common enemy and that is in expanding the space for economic prosperity to a large range of our peoples.
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