Nigeria to seek compensation for property abandoned by citizens fleeing South Africa
Nigeria's High Commissioner says businesses and properties left behind by returnees are being documented.
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"I left everything in my house including clothes."
— Oghodero Erejor Wilson , Other
"If South Africa government can compensate it, it will be nice, but I know they won't."
— Oghodero Erejor Wilson , Other
"We have not severed ties with South Africa, we are still engaging them at the highest level, we will sort those details using our usual diplomatic channels."
— Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa , Executive
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Nigeria's High Commissioner says businesses and properties left behind by returnees are being documented.
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