Protesters under the aegis of the Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre on Friday disrupted business activities at the MTN headquarters at
Falomo , Lagos , over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
Business activities were stalled for over three hours at the telecommunications company’s premises, a situation which also affected other businesses in the
building as the protesters did not allow vehicular movements into the premises.
The protesters expressed their
grievances with placards displaying inscriptions such as
“ Stop xenophobia” ,
“ Stop the killings and looting ” , “ Let peace reign in Africa” , “ Let ’ s show love
to one another” and “ Nelson Mandela is our hero ”.
President of Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre , Queen Rose Ameh , described the attacks on Nigerians and other African citizens as a friend barbaric attitude towards fellow humanhim beings , urging that an urgent attention is needed to halt the crisis .
“ Killing of innocent Africans living in South Africa is a barbaric attitude towards our fellow human beings , ” she
said.
She stated that this was not the first time South Africans would attack other Africans.
“ It happened about two or three years
ago. We went to the South African embassy at the time and shut it down ,”
she said.
She described the outh African
Government as an ingrate because of the role Nigeria and other African countries played during the reign of
apartheid in the country.
she said.
She described the outh African
Government as an ingrate because of the role Nigeria and other African countries played during the reign of
apartheid in the country.
Ameh urged the Nigerian government to develop its country so that no citizen
would have any cause to travel to other African countries to suffer.
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