Sanction South African businesses over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians – Falana tells FG.

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana, has called connected the Federal Government to enforce economical sanctions connected South African companies operating successful Nigeria successful effect to recurring xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and the demolition of their businesses successful South Africa.

Falana said diplomatic protests unsocial would not compel the South African authorities to instrumentality decisive enactment against attacks targeting Nigerians, stressing that Nigeria indispensable follow measures based connected the rule of reciprocity successful planetary relations.

Speaking with journalists successful Ilawe-Ekiti, helium argued that portion the Federal Government whitethorn see lodging a ailment earlier the African Union implicit the attacks, specified a determination would person constricted impact.

According to him, South Africa has important power wrong the African Union and immoderate ailment whitethorn extremity with the adoption of a solution without factual enforcement.

Falana maintained that Nigeria has a work to respond appropriately if Nigerians are being chased retired of South Africa and their businesses destroyed.

The elder lawyer urged Nigerians to patronise alternatives to South African-owned businesses, including telecommunications elephantine MTN, saying specified actions would nonstop a beardown connection to the South African authorities.

Falana besides advocated the revocation of mining licences granted to ...