{"id":6403,"date":"2026-06-02T09:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/nigeria-warns-of-revenge-attacks-on-south-africans"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:34:41","slug":"nigeria-warns-of-revenge-attacks-on-south-africans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-warns-of-revenge-attacks-on-south-africans","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Warns of Revenge Attacks on South Africans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>The Nigerian police have warned against any retaliatory actions targeting South African citizens or businesses following a wave of anti-immigration protests in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The police urged Nigerians not to take the law into their own hands after reports of &#8220;attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.&#8221; No reports of such attacks have been confirmed, but the warning came after a meeting of heads of security and intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The South African police have not confirmed any attacks on foreigners, despite the government&#8217;s condemnation of &#8220;criminal acts&#8221; directed against foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions in South Africa have escalated in recent weeks following protests demanding stricter measures against illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Several African countries have advised their citizens to exercise caution, with Ghana recently evacuating hundreds of its nationals, citing security concerns. Elio Giwa, a police spokesperson, stated in a post on platform X: &#8220;We understand the pain and anger resulting from recent attacks on Nigerians abroad.&#8221; He added: &#8220;As an institution dedicated to protecting the lives of Nigerians, we deeply understand these concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He stated: &#8220;However, this is a time for calm and restraint,&#8221; adding that violence will not protect Nigerians abroad but will only &#8220;lead to further crises.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his post, which quoted a statement from the Nigerian police, he said the government is addressing the matter &#8220;at the highest levels.&#8221; The Nigerian police reported that they have taken additional security measures around diplomatic missions, critical infrastructure, and other sensitive sites.<\/p>\n<p>They stated: &#8220;Any attempt to target South African citizens, diplomatic missions, businesses, or any other legitimate interests within Nigeria will be treated as a criminal act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Protesters in South Africa have accused illegal immigrants of straining public services and being involved in crime, calling on the government to tighten immigration enforcement measures.<\/p>\n<p>The protests were organized by a group known as &#8220;March for Justice,&#8221; which claims to demand immigration law reforms and has called for illegal immigrants to leave the country by June 30.<\/p>\n<p>Previous waves of violence driven by xenophobia in South Africa have led to diplomatic tensions and retaliatory attacks in Nigeria, where some South African-owned businesses have been vandalized and looted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. The Nigerian police have warned against any retaliatory actions targeting South African citizens or businesses following a wave of anti-immigration protests in South Africa. The police urged Nigerians not to take the law into their own hands after reports of &#8220;attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.&#8221; No reports of such attacks have been confirmed, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-6403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-policy","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria Warns of Revenge Attacks on South Africans - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press. 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