S/A #Xenophobia: Obanikoro Summons South Africa's High Commissioner, Says Govt Should Compensate Victims & Punish Culprits

Nigeria's foreign minister, Musiliu Obanikoro has summoned South Africa's High Commissioner, Lulu Mnguni to register Nigeria's protest over the ongoing xenophobic attacks against foreigners. A statement from Obanikoro's office condemned the attacks on foreigners in South Africa, and expressed concern on the fate of Nigerians and indeed of other nationals who are migrants in the country. Similarly, the statement stated the need for South Africa to take concrete steps to quell the unrest and bring the culprits involved to book to act as a deterrent and prevent further violence. Obanikoro also called on the South African authorities to compensate the victims of these attacks. Meanwhile, Soldiers were on Tuesday night deployed to tackle gangs hunting down and killing foreigners after seven people died in the violence in the last few weeks. As stated by Police report on Wednesday, 11 men have been arrested in a raid in Johannesburg.