Tuesday, June 9, 2026 - Nigeria may be forced to consider striking back after a wave of anti-Nigerian violence in South Africa has pushed some citizens to seek evacuation, the Federal Government has announced.
According to officials, flights that were meant to begin
returning Nigerians on Monday, June 8, have been pushed back due to joint
document checks and screening processes being carried out with South African
authorities.
The verification effort, which started last Thursday and
involved more than 1,000 Nigerians, was expected to wrap up on Saturday, June
13, ahead of the planned Monday departures. But addressing reporters at the
Presidential Villa in Abuja, Foreign Affairs Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu
said final preparations were still underway for those who have chosen to come
home.
When asked whether Nigeria might respond by cutting certain
privileges for South Africans living in Nigeria, the ambassador left the door
open. "Well, that is a situation that we are considering. This is up to
our legislature. This is a decision that has to be taken at the highest level
of government.
"But it's not off the table. Nigeria is not happy
because Nigeria has sacrificed much for the South African struggle for
independence. Nigeria sacrificed quite a lot, committed funds, committed
resources to aid South Africa. In schools, seats were reserved for South
African students. My own generation carried placards; we demonstrated in front
of South African assets.
"Sometimes we even got arrested for doing this. Nigeria
is a serious frontline state, and Nigerians are not happy about how they have
been treated. They are not asking other migrants to leave; they're only asking
black migrants to leave."
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Nigerian government considering sanctions against South African over xenophobic attacks against its citizens pic.twitter.com/BTM6xuLpAS
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