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September 7, 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama says theFederal Government will demand that South Africa compensate victims ofxenophobic attacks in their country.
Onyeama who said this after a closed-door meeting withSenate Committee on Diaspora and non-governmental organisations in Abuja,however confirmed that no Nigerian national was killed in the attacks.
He said that the meeting with the Senate committee isto carry out a review of the current situation and agree on possible options toend attack of Nigerians in South Africa.
The Chairman, of the committee, Bashiru Ajibola saidthat they had been briefed on what transpired in the recent attack of Nigeriansliving in South Africa.
He however, explained that an assessment of damage wason-going with a view to making a clear demand of compensation for the victimsfrom South African government.