Two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANs almost came to blows at the premises of the South African High Commission in Abuja
Two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANs almost came to blows at the premises of the South African High Commission in Abuja, on Wednesday, over offers of a free trip to South Africa.
The Mission had made the offer to douse the tension over xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in different SA cities. The acting South African High Commissioner, Bobby Moroe, had invited a faction of NANS for a meeting where the idea of cultural tourism was mooted.
The NANS members had embraced the offer of free travel to South Africa to meet with their counterparts as part of measures to resolve the crisis. But while the meeting was about coming to an end, another NANS faction which claimed to be the authentic student body invited by the High Commissioner arrived at the mission.
Tempers flared as the two groups engaged in a war of words which nearly degenerated into a brawl, but it was quickly brought under control by embassy officials
