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XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS: Buhari receives special envoy’s report, issues directives
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday gave approval for the immediate voluntary evacuation of all Nigerians who are willing to return home.
He also directed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, to further engage the South African authorities on “appropriate measures” the latter will take to end the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
The directives came after the president received the report of the special envoy he sent to President Cyril Ramaphosa last week to register Nigeria’s concerns over the attacks.
The Presidency, in a statement on Monday, said the special envoy, who is the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai-Abubakar, returned to Nigeria after the assignment and had already submitted his report to the president.
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