Nigeria considers legal option against South Africa

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THE xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and others in South Africa have festered because of the failure of that country’s government to act as required, Federal Government officials said on Thursday.

It was learnt that the memo was a culmination of deliberations by senior officials of the Federal Ministry of Justice and other experts on how best Nigeria could address the South African crisis in view of the country’s refusal to yield to past diplomatic overtures. “This obligation, Nigeria must immediately exercise by calling for a meeting to collate the numbers of Nigerians affected, the nature of injury suffered and the estimate of individual losses.

‘There may… be a duty on government, consistent with its obligations under international law to take action to protect one of its citizens against a gross abuse of international human right norms.

 

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