Xenophobia: Nigeria recalls Ambassador to South Africa, shuns WES

* Recalls Ambassador to South Africa
* …Pulls out of economic forum

Nigeria has recalled its Ambassador to South Africa, Ambassador
Kabiru Bala.

A presidency source disclosed this on a condition of anonymity
on Wednesday.

He also disclosed that Nigeria has pulled out of World Economic
Forum on Africa billed for Capetown, South Africa, from 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.

Presidents Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Felix Tshisekedi (DRC) and
Peter Mutharika (Malawi) have all withdrawn from the event.

The source said 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 Wednesday morning stormed a Shoprite
mall in Abuja to protest the attack on Nigerians in South
Africa.

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