The National Association of
Nigerian Students (NANS) on Saturday shutdown South Africa’s grocery chain,
Shoprite at Ota in Ogun State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the students picketed the shopping mall to protest what they
described as unrestrained xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
Scores of young Nigerians
residing in South Africa have been brought home in body bags in recent years,
having been killed in apparent xenophobic attacks in the former apartheid
nation.
The Shoprite mall was shutdown
around 11:10 a.m. in the presence of police officers, with shoppers hurriedly
ordered out of the mall.
The students carried placards
with inscriptions: “South Africans must go. Enough of the killing of our
brothers, sisters and relatives in South Africa. You can’t continue to kill our
people and still feed fat on us.’’
Speaking, the national public
relations officer of NANS, Azeez Adeyemi, said that “NANS’ leadership under its
president, Danielson Bamidele, have resolved to champion the struggle of
putting sense back into lawless South Africans.
“It seems the government of South
Africa derives pleasure from the senseless killings and sees the continuous
xenophobic attacks on Nigerians residents in South Africa as a norm.
“NANS’ struggle against
xenophobia has moved beyond ordinary street protests.
“Our target now is to mobilise
Nigerian students and Nigerians towards truncating the smooth running of South
African businesses in Nigeria.
“We shall resume here at
Shoprite, Stanbic IBTC, MTN and Multichoice on August 14 for a total shut down.
“This is a struggle that will
continue until victory of purpose is achieved,” Mr Adeyemi said.
NigerianEye on Thursday reported
NANS as saying it would kill three South Africans living in Nigeria for every
one Nigerian killed in South Africa, while it would also destroy three South
African businesses in retaliation for any Nigerian business destroyed in South
Africa.
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