The Nigerian federal government yesterday recalled her Ambassador to South Africa with immediate effect following the recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners in that country.
Both the acting High Commissioner Martin Cobham and Deputy High Commissioner Uche Ajulu-Okeke were directed to return home for consultations in the latest sign of African countries’ discontent at Pretoria’s handling of attacks on immigrants.
You would recall that Nigeria had earlier last week summoned South Africa’s high commissioner over the unrest as protesters stormed the South African embassy in Lagos and Abuja with placards. And Nigerians have amplified calls for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Zwelithini for “hate speech” that triggered the attacks.
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