Angry protesters
broke into an office of MTN in the Maitama area of Abuja on Thursday. Some members of staff of the organisation and
customers were said to have been attacked, while valuables were carted away.
A witness told TheCable that, but for the
intervention of policemen, the protesters would have destroyed the building.
Activities have been suspended in the office,
while policemen have taken over the area.
MTN head office in South
Africa has issued a statement on the incident, according to Reuters.
The attack happened hours
after Pascal Dozie, chairman of MTN Nigeria, led a delegation of the company to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at
the presidential villa in Abuja.
Phutuma Nhleko, MTN Group
chairman, South Africa; Ferdinand Moolman, CEO of MTN Nigeria; and Gbenga
Oyebode, a lawyer of the company, were in the delegation.
The identity of the protesters has not been
revealed, but on Wednesday, the National Association of Nigerian Students
(NANS) announced that it will be holding a nationwide protest to draw global
attention to the attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
Kadiri Aruna, president of the association, had
described the xenophobic attacks as sad and unfortunate.
The Nigerian community in South Africa has
recorded two attacks in the last one week.
At least five houses and businesses belonging to
Nigerians were burnt by a mob on Saturday, while 15 houses, either belonging or
rented by immigrants, especially Nigerians, were been burnt by angry residents
in Rosettenvile, south of Johannesburg, last week Sunday.
-The Cable
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