Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Amb. Kabiru Bala will, any moment from now, be recalled for consultation over the xenophobic attacks of her citizens in that country.
This was disclosed to newsmen by a source closed to the Presidency, who preferred not to be named, because he was not authorised to speak on the matter.
The source further disclosed that Nigeria has also pulled out of World Economic Forum on Africa, in Cape Town, South Africa, on September 4-6 over the xenophobic attacks.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was to represent Nigeria at the Forum.
Earlier, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Malawi pulled out of the event.
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Presidents Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Felix Tshisekedi (DRC) and Peter Mutharika (Malawi) have all withdrawn from the event.
The source added that Nigeria has also demanded for full compensation for the victims of the attacks.
According to the source, this is the outcome of President Muhammadu Buhari, Osinbajo and Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, brainstorming session on the raging xenophobic attacks of Nigeria in South Africa.
Onyeama had, on Tuesday, during at a joint news briefing with the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Bobby Moroe, insisted: “In the first place, we must address the issue of compensation. There has to be accountability and there has to be responsibility for compensating all those Nigerians that have suffered loss and we are going to absolutely push forward.”
Already, some protesters had, on Wednesday morning, stormed a Shoprite mall in Abuja to protest the attack on Nigerians in South Africa.