Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu will be leading a delegation of the Senate leading six other senators to the South African parliament over the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in that country.
Other senators on the delegation include the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, Senate Chief Whip, Olusola Adeyeye, Stella Oduah, Shehu Sani, Shaaba Lafiaji and Magnus Abe.
The senators are to officially table complaints to their South African counterparts and discuss ways of preventing such attacks in the future.
A number of Nigerians living in South Africa were physically attacked and their businesses destroyed by some misguided South African youths who felt the Nigerians had taken up job opportunities meant for them.
The Southern African country has a notorious history of frequent xenophobic attacks on citizens of other countries living and doing business in that country.
Attempts by certain groups in Nigeria to launch reprisal attacks on South African business interests in major cities in Nigeria were prevented by the Nigerian authorities, which had opted for diplomatic approach in resolving the issue.
