Xenophobic attacks: Nigerian youths threaten to shutdown MTN, Shoprite, Multichoice/DSTV
The aggrieved youths said this on Monday during a protest at the office of telecommunications giant, MTN, on 3rd East Circular Road, Muritala Muhammed Way, in Benin. the Edo State capital.
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They also carried placards with several inscriptions, some of which read,
‘Xenophobia is inhuman’, ‘Zuma, call your boys to order’ and ‘S/Africans can’t be making money from us, killing us’.Spokesperson for the group, Austin Enabulele, said,
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“We are all Africans; we wonder why they should attack our fellow Nigerians who are doing their legitimate business in South Africa, when we have shown them love to operate in Nigeria.
“We have come here to say to (President Jacob) Zuma to call his people to order(caution them) because if he fails to call them to order(caution them) we will do the needful. We are aware of all their business 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.
“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.”Subscribe to Maryann Live by Email
Also speaking, the Vice President of the group, Gloria Noren, decried what she described as ingratitude of South Africans, whom she said had received financial support from Nigeria during the apartheid era
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