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Monday, 20 April 2015

Xenophobia: Human Rights Group barricade MTN office in Edo, threaten to shut down South African businesses in Nigeria

Human Rights group under the aegis of 'The Flagship' today barricaded the MTN office in Benin city, Edo state during a protest over the current Xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

The group called on the South African government to immediately resolve the issues or they will shut down South African businesses here in Nigeria.

Brandishing various placards with inscription "Xenophobia is ‎inhuman’, ‘Zuma, call your boys to order’ and ‘S/Africans can’t be making money from us, killing us’, the group condemned the attacks and described it as inhuman.


Addressing the press during the protest, the Spokesperson for the group, Austin Enabulele said
“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.”

104 comments:

  1. Yes boss! Ride on my people. Do the Do..

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    1. Obviously we ain't buying the stupid text message MTN has been sending..

      *** mynameisSkelewu

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    2. I wonder y my own people started dis?

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    3. I support this. My oga has refused to visir sa for shows pending positive action

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    4. I support this too, I was even planing to carry out protest again SA. @ airport road by opposite ST. Paul catholic church where their head office of DSTV are.

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    5. Your Foolish,touty,cracked voice,Baboon looking Boss you meant
      Was thinking he booked an appointment with Mayweather since Muscle dey catch am.

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    6. About time......let's do the needful



      #TeamBlessed#

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  2. If that will make south Africa authorities step up,i support!

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    1. We all say no to xxenophobia.


      OKORO UPGRADED**

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  3. Nice one.......abeg make e no end here......de shud shut every down. We'll all adjust.....bunch of evils!

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  4. Wooooow, this is GOOOOD. I still imagine how SA business will be moving fine here while our brothers and sisters are been killed over there. I support this move

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  5. Dis shows Edo has a lot of their people in SA if not they wouldn't bother to react.

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    1. You are very stupid

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    2. PARENTAL ADVISORY!!!


      U are an installed idiots, it will only take Ur installer to uninstall your stupidity....

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  6. Come they should camdan o!
    My MTN subscription never finish and it's very expensive. If they shut the company down how I wan take browse?
    When are we looting shoprite tho?

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    1. U r hilarious I swear...

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    2. Abeg buy etisalat. Throw away that mtn SIM card.

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    3. @Linda's intern... I can't wait fr dat day!!! U got me on dis. Rotfl

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  7. Now we're talking.. If they do not listen then Nigerians will start owning those businesses and they can leave our country and go thrive on their own. -----C21

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  8. PARENTAL ADVISORY!!!


    God bless the people of Edo Sate where am from, we stand for d larger interest of the entire country, let d war Begin

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  9. Hmmm na so e take they start oOooo

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  10. that is accepted, they should go back to SA since their government is reluctant in taking action

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  11. Up bendel Up bendel,thank God 4 dz move..

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  12. that is accepted, they should go back to SA since their government is reluctant in taking action

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  13. more of this needs to be done, especially serious government involvement else, this will just be a walk in the park!Did you see the cops walk away?That's shame on everything South African!Shame on you SOUTH AFRICA!IgboBorn!

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  14. I totally concur, useless degenerated fools,

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  15. This can't do them anything.. The govt needs to do more work...

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  16. SO LONG AS NO LIFE IS HARMED,BETTER! THANKS GUYS...WHAT ABOUT SHOP RIGHT PLEASE...?

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  17. Please o! Use MTN and send message to that man they call a president who has decided to duck and hide in the middle of this horrible crisis.

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  18. Nice 1, vry gud move. Am in support of dis 100%, let all der businesses bt shut down here n let dem go bk 2 der country too. Idumota pple r also complaining dat shoprite as taken all der customers as pple now prefer shoprite 2 idumota.

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  19. Nice 1, vry gud move. Am in support of dis 100%, let all der businesses bt shut down here n let dem go bk 2 der country too. Idumota pple r also complaining dat shoprite as taken all der customers as pple now prefer shoprite 2 idumota.

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  20. They just av to stop dis killing......if not....

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  21. I LUV DS, I AM IN SUPPORT...SAY NO TO KILLINGS OF FELLOW AFRICANS..TOMJERRYSWIT

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  22. Great!!! I support this. They should also go back to their country! Wicked people

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  23. Nice move!
    We need this in lagos as well... push out MTN and DSTV!!

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  24. very good ///
    starting with MTN

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  25. Naso na.....if possible e invade all shoprite outlets nd shut dem down,cn u imagine I sub my Decoder since 20/03/15, till now Dev nt activated my decoder,.....SA companies in Nigeria ar crazy......#thobbyOmoAlhaja,who do dey tink dey ar sef...Mtcheeeeew

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  26. Yes. Kudos to these protesters. We individual Nigerians have the economic power to counter this South African madness. Simply stop patronizing their services and they will know what's up.
    We must let the whole world know that we won't stand for this nonsense otherwise some other countries will do the same to our people.
    If anything happens to the huge profits they are racking in from Nigeria they will certainly get the message.

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  27. Correct! Benin no dey carry last

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  28. Supported. I did not subscribed my dstv cos of this. Habaa,this is getting out of hand.

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  29. Gbam! Gbamer!! Gbamest!!! Linda don't swallow plz

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  30. Its about time a lot of activists come together to threaten SA business in Nigeria... Nice!

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  31. Good way to go, pray this will go a long way in stopping the ugly attacks.

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  32. I support 1000%

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  33. Yes, threaten the nonsense from their lives them never start

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  34. It's high time someone did something, I know just know the heartless selfish Nigerians giving them backbone that we can't shut down there business here, maybe we should also start burning there outlets.

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  35. Naija govt shud do something abt it na.

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  36. A bold step. they really need to learn some lessons.

    I'm out ***CATCH ME IF U CAN***

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  37. Every new year gives birth to its problems*sigh*

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  38. we most fight back, abi what do u guy say?

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  39. Enough is Enough!

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  40. now Nigerian is acting they should do something before they killed us all i have not gone out for the past few days because of what is going on here

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  41. I support this message! #stop xenophobia

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  42. Dey shldnt, it will cause more unemployment in Nigeria cause our citizens are working in MTN office also. Dont 4get dias no Jod elsewhere if dey loss dia employment.

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    1. 4 change 2 happen, people need 2 leave their comfort zones. If they lose their jobs bcos of dis, dey ll be 4eva remembered as heros!! So stop talking nonsense already.

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    2. So true but do u expect them to keep on killing innocent pple I think we have d right to do so otherwise it will b worst than this.

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  43. I concur... I support this course.

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  44. Are they still treathning?????go ahead already!!!!

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  45. This is just the beginning. Since our dumbo leaders are waiting to act, we should act before the SA kill al our brethren completely.

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  46. Obviously we ain't buying the stupid text message MTN has been sending..

    *** mynameisSkelewu

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  47. I hate violence!! I hate extremism!! SA needs to do something! its human lives that we are loosing not chicken, its children that are rendered homeless not cockroaches

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  48. Very very good, more of that, high time we take the bull by the horn. Linda take note!

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  49. Very very good, more of that, high time we take the bull by the horn. Linda take note!

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  50. Very very good, more of that, high time we take the bull by the horn. Linda take note!

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  51. Very very good, more of that, high time we take the bull by the horn. Linda take note!

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  52. It hasn't come to this oo. It's well.

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  53. I wonder why nigeria.s re wasting time to close the south African businesses in Nigeria. I hate nigeria government. They will not take action coz is not affecting their family. Too bad

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  54. I wonder why nigeria.s re wasting time to close the south African businesses in Nigeria. I hate nigeria government. They will not take action coz is not affecting their family. Too bad

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  55. Linda post dis comment make I no vez ooo lolz

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  56. Of course, it has gotten to that, but lost lives can never be regained, very sad. I think d united nations should impose sanctions on South Africa

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  57. I love this!
    Since our and their government is silent , let's do it ourselves.
    Kudos to them.

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  58. I think we should just do the same to them.

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  59. Nice one... More to follow.

    Linda cogitate

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  60. Am in support of this so as long as it goes round all over the country. #SHOUTDOWN ALL BUSSINESS OWNED BY SA

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  61. If South Africans don't want us I see no reason why there BUSSINESS fines on here in Nigeria it's a slap on out face.

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  62. FG shud approve d shuting down of their businesses herein Nigeria...let them put their house inorder

    Moye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB....

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  63. I smell war. God help us ooo.

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  64. This should be done in all MTN, Shop rite, Stanbic bank nationwide. You can't enslave and murder us at the same time.

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  65. Na nw MTN wake bcos people r protesting, no wonder dy send me mssg saying "MTN joins the African family in condemning the attacks on foreign nationals in south Africa. Let's all say no to Xenophobia" *mtcheeww*

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  66. Let's keep a cool head for now. If Nigeria hits very hard today , more than 2 million S.A. jobs may be lost . The country is already in terrible finatial pain as we speak - the slowest growing on the continent . For now a strong warning is enough .

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  67. I wrote a poem on xenophobia.
    replying denis brutus apartheid poem. check it out on my blog

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  68. Yaahhh,,BRAVO! That's hw it's suppose to be..Thumbs up for the very bold step.

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  69. NOT EVEN 1 NIGERIAN HAS BEEN KILLED YET U MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE ABOUT NOTHING,4 SA KILLED,2 MOZAMBIQUE,2 ZIMBOS, NIGERIA NONE! SOMEONE IS PASSING THE WRONG NEWS TO YOU PPL




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    1. So until Nigerians are killed they shouldn't protest abi? Sey d pple killed already are not Africans or humans..... yeye talk

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  70. Thank you Edo people tour voice is getting louder...una too much

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  71. But Nigerians earn a living working there na.

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  72. Over support dey worry me sef....

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  73. Pls let someone inform me when we re invading shorite,I CNT wait to pack things out

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  74. As a South African, I am embarrassed and ashamed at the actions of a small group of my fellow countrymen. My condolences to the families of all those impacted by this senseless and unjustifiable violence. You stood by us in our time of need, and we have betrayed you. This may come as cold comfort but know that this is not the attitude of the average South African. By and large South Africans have come out in stern opposition to this violence and stand by our brothers and sisters from all over the continent.

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