Monday, July 27, 2026 -President Bola Tinubu declined to receive a special delegation from South African President Cyril
President
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declined to receive a special envoy dispatched by South
African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The refusal
comes amid growing concerns over recent xenophobic attacks against Nigerians
and other African nations in South Africa.
Daily Sun
reports that a South African delegation, led by the Minister of International
Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, arrived in Abuja on Friday, July 24,
with what was described as a “very important message” for the Nigerian
leader.
The
development comes less than 24 hours after the reported k!lling of a Nigerian
national, Chika Ibe, who was allegedly picked up from his residence at Parksig
Villas Complex in Bellville, Cape Town, and allegedly tortured to de@th by
personnel of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
Nigeria has
maintained a firm stance against xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
At the 69th
Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS,
which took place recently in Lungi, Sierra Leone, Vice President Kashim
Shettima, who represented President Tinubu, condemned the attacks and pledged
that Nigeria would push for stronger measures against xenophobia at the African
Union.
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