XENOPHOBIA: NIGERIA’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER SAYS MOST OF WHAT HAS BEEN IN CIRCULATION NOT FACTUAL, BUT DISTORTED

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that most of what has been circulating over social media, are not factual, and as such the situation has somewhat been distorted.

He said this while giving updates on the government’s stance on the issue, adding that though the government at every level has condemned the attacks and described it as unacceptable.

“A lot of things have been circulating all over social media which has not helped matters and some of them have really distorted the situation and because of that it has impacted the government’s response.

“Number one is that the information that we have from the High Commission and the Consul General in South Africa is that no lives have been lost during this crisis,” Mr Onyeama said.

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He added that stories about Nigerians being killed and being burnt are not the case, stressing that what the government knows is that premises and shops of Nigerians have been looted and properties have been destroyed.

He said nevertheless, the Nigerian government will address the issue once and for all this time, the government will no longer accept the attacks on its citizens, stressing that “enough is enough”.

The minister, according to Channelstv’s report monitored in Lagos, also said whatever measures needs to be taken to ensure the safety of Nigerians in South Africa will be taken, noting that the Federal Government has been in touch with the South African Government, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a special envoy to meet with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

He stressed that the government has a clear directives about the commitments and guarantees that is required of the South African Government.