South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised to the
Federal Republic of Nigeria over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in
South Africa.
The apology was
tendered to President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House, Abuja by the two
special envoys the South African leader dispatched to Abuja on Monday.
“We met a short while
ago with President Muhammadu Buhari to convey our President Ramaphosa’s
sincerest apologies about the incidents that have recently transpired in South
Africa.
“Those incidents do not represent what we stand for as
constitutional democracy in South Africa and the President has apologized for
these incidents and he has also instructed law enforcement agencies to leave no
stone unturned so that all those involved must be brought to book so that the
rule of laws must prevail in South Africa,’’ he said.
President Ramaphosa,
according to the envoy, said Nigeria and South Africa must continue to play a
critical role in rebuilding of Africa to attain the Agenda 2063.
President Buhari had
in the wake of the xenophobic attacks by South Africans against foreigners
including Nigerians, sent Amb. Ahmed Abubakar, Director-General, National
Intelligence Agency (NIA), as his Special Envoy to South Africa.
The President, who
received the Report of the NIA boss on Sept. 9, ordered for the immediate
evacuation of all Nigerians who are willing to return home from South Africa
following the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals.
NAN reports that the
Management of Air Peace in collaboration with the Federal Government had on
Sept. 11 evacuated 187 Nigerians from South Africa while another set of 320
Nigerians would be evacuated from that country on Tuesday.
President Ramaphosa
was on Saturday during the funeral of the former Zimbabwean leader, Robert
Mugabe, reported to have apologized for the attacks on foreign nationals in his
country.
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