Xenophobic Attacks Protesters block entrance to MTN office in Edo
The demonstrators were said to have arrived at the office on Murtala
Mohammed Way at about 7am on Monday, April 20, 2015, to protest the
recent spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the company’s home
country.
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)
Protesters in Benin City, Edo State have
barricaded the entrance to the headquarters of telecommunications giant,
MTN in the state.
The demonstrators were said to
have arrived at the office on Murtala Mohammed Way at about 7am on
Monday, April 20, 2015, to protest the recent spate of xenophobic
attacks in South Africa, the company’s home country.
The
protesters carried placards with a variety of messages including:
“Xenophobia is Inhuman,” “Zuma Call Your Boys to Order,” “South
Africans can’t be making money from us and be Killing us” and “Nigerians
boycott South Africa companies.”
“We are all
Africans. We wonder why they should attack our fellow Nigerians who are
doing their legitimate businesses in South Africa, when we have shown
them love to operate in Nigeria,” spokesperson for the protesters, Austin Enabulele said.
“We
have come here to say to (President Jacob) Zuma to call his people to
order because if he fails to call them to order we will do the needful.
We are aware of all their businesses in Nigeria. We know of MTN, we know
of Shoprite; we know of Multichoice Company and we know of every other
companies that belong to South Africa,” he added.
“We
will shut down all their services if they continue the killing of our
brothers and sisters. So, we have come here to tell them to put an end
to the killing of our brothers and sisters who are doing their
legitimate jobs in South Africa,” Enabulele said.
Ongoing attacks in SA have left at least seven people dead and many more displaced.
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