Nigeria has pulled out of the ongoing World Economic Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, over fresh xenophobic attacks. The country is also making plans to recall Kabiru Bala, its high commissioner to South Africa, according to a presidential source.

Youths protesting the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa on Wednesday made a bonfire on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road, Lugbe, Abuja, a few metres from a South African franchise, Shoprite Mall.

Below is a video showing how angry protesters broke into the Shoprite mall at Lekki through the back door and stole goods worth millions.

Despite Nigeria’s solid support for the freedom of black South Africans from the shackles of Apartheid, South Africans have continued to curiously pay us back with tainted coins. Nigerians have for long been the target of vicious violence attacks on their persons, homes and businesses for reasons bordering on envy. As the targeted attacks on fellow black Africans, and Nigerians in particular, continue unabated with a recent spike drawing wide condemnation across the globe, BRANDPOWER examines what the trending issue portends for African brotherhood and business survival.

South Africa’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Monroe, has denied reports of Xenophobic attacks in his country. Monroe denied that the attacks in South Africa are xenophobic and targeted at Nigerians.