President Cyril Ramaphosa, of South Africa has apologised to Nigeria over the xenophobic attacks in his country.
He tendered this apology through a Special envoy from South Africa
Mr Jeff Radebe, on behalf of the South African leader when the visited Nigeria on Monday.
Mr Radebe spoke during a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa in Abuja.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Kabiru Bala, as well as the acting South African High Commissioner in Nigeria, Bobby Moroe were all present at the meeting.
The special envoy presented a letter and conveyed the message from the South African leader to President Buhari.
The letter according to Radebe, the South Africa president Mr Ramaphosa said quote “the attacks provided a good opportunity for African leaders to tackle unemployment and inequality in the entire Continent”
In another vane, Mr Radebe unequivocally said that the issue of compensation to Nigerian victims would feature during President Buhari’s visit to South Africa on October 3.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Affairs minister, Mr Onyeama debunked the rumours making the rounds that the Nigerian High commissioner to South Africa has been recalled. He said rather that he was only called to provide vivid situational reality report of the xenophobic situation in South Africa.
President Ramaphosa had sent special envoys to Nigeria and six other countries over the xenophobic attacks in his country.
The South African President was booed at the weekend during the state funeral of the late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe when he was addressing mourners who strongly objected to the treatment meted out on Foreigners in South Africa.
Apart from Nigeria, the special envoys were instructed to visit Niger, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia with special messages of solidarity following the attacks of their citizens in South Africa.
Other South Africans assigned to visit those countries are Ambassador Kingsley Mmabolo and Dr. Khulu Mbatha.
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