Xenophobic attacks: Nigerian Law Society asks Tinubu to redeploy Fani-Kayode from South Africa

The Nigerian Law Society, NLS, has urged President Bola Tinubu to redeploy Nigeria's High Commissioner to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, to different African country, to avert the escalation of xenophobic attacks connected Nigerians successful the confederate African country.

NLS, an umbrella assemblage of Nigerian non-litigation lawyers, made the telephone successful a missive forwarded to the President, signed by its Executive Secretary, Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja.

The telephone followed the clash betwixt Fani-Kayode and the South African authorities aft helium cried retired that his code during the presumption of his letters of credence was chopped disconnected from the livestream of the lawsuit by South African officials.

Fani-Kayode made the allegation successful a connection posted connected his X handle.

The South African government, successful its response, described Fani-Kayode's enactment arsenic inappropriate.

Reacting to the development, the NLS said a much diplomatic attack was required owed to the threats of xenophobic attacks faced by Nigerians successful South Africa.

Parts of the missive to President Tinubu read, "We constitute to respectfully petition you to workout the powerfulness and discretion conferred upon your bully aforesaid arsenic occupant of the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria nether sections 171(1) and (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.

"Th...