Protesters in Benin City, Edo State have barricaded the entrance to the headquarters of telecommunications giant, MTN in the state.
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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.
South Africa's xenophobic attacks have claimed several lives already.
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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.
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“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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