President Muhammadu Buhari has given instruction for the immediate voluntary evacuation of all Nigerians who are willing to return home from South Africa.
The President gave this order after he received the report of the special envoy sent to South Africa to convey a Special Message to President Cyril Ramaphosa over the recent xenophobic attacks in the country.
In the wake of the xenophobic attacks by South Africans against other Africans including Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari had sent Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Director-General, National Intelligence Agency as his Special Envoy to South Africa, to convey a Special Message to his counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa.
According to a statement by the President’s special media aide, Femi Adesina, the Special Envoy, who was in Pretoria from Thursday, 5th to Saturday, 7th September 2019 conveyed the deep concern of President Buhari and Nigerians about intermittent violence against Nigerians and their property/business interests in South Africa.
