President Muhammadu Buhari has despatched a special envoy” to South Africa over the recent and renewed xenophobic attack on Nigerians in the country.
it was reported that properties worth millions of naira, belonging to Nigerians in South Africa, were set ablaze and many others looted by South Africans.
In a statement on Tuesday, September 3, 2019, by his media aide, Femi Adesina, Buhari said the special envoy is to convey his concerns and also to interact with President Cyril Ramaphosa on the situation.
He revealed that the special envoy is expected to arrive in Pretoria, South Africa, latest Thursday, September 5, 2019.
“President Buhari has despatched a Special Envoy to convey to President Cyril Ramaphosa his concerns and also interact with his South African counterpart on the situation”, he said.
“The Special Envoy is expected to arrive in Pretoria latest Thursday, September 5, 2019,” Femi Adesina added.
Earlier, Buhari directed the minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, to summon the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria and get a brief on the situation; which the Minister already did.
A family flees ongoing xenophobic attacks in Ramaphosa squatter camp east of Johannesburg, South Africa, 18 May 2008. (Photo Credit: John Hrusa)
Mozambique national Emmanuel Sithole is attacked by men in Alexandra township during anti-immigrant violence in Johannesburg April 18, 2015. He later died of his injuries. | James Oatway—Sunday Times/Reuters
South African looters take items from an alleged foreign-owned shops during a riot in the Johannesburg suburb of Turffontein. | AFP
A group of men gather in front of a police station in Johannesburg’s CBD as the unrest continues. | Guillem Sartorio/AFP/Getty Images
File: Aftermath of a wave of xenophobic attacks in Jeppestown, Gauteng | Vision Tactical/Twitter
Looters run off an alleged foreign-owned shop in Turffontein in Johannesburg on Monday. | Guillem Sartorio/AFP/Getty Images
File Photo: Scene from a xenophobic mob killing in South Africa
File photo of Xenophobic Attack in South Africa
An anti-xenophobia activist stands chained in front of a banner, as thousands of people get ready to march against the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa on April 23, 2015. | Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images
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