South African government have denied reports that their citizens are carrying out Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and nationals of other African countries.
The country’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Monroe, made this known when he met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja this morning, after he was summoned by federal government.
Speaking at a media briefing shortly after the meeting with Onyeama, Monroe said the recent attacks were not ”xenophobic” in nature but are rather mere ‘sporadic acts of violence’.
Monroe stated that South Africans’ businesses were also affected by the attacks that erupted on Monday, September 2nd in Johannesburg and some other cities.
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