Students Shutdown Shoprite In Ogun Over Xenophobia In South Africa

Shoprite mall in Ota, Ogun State, was shut down by protesting members
of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) today Saturday,
August 10th over the rampant cases of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians
in South Africa.

The protesting students stormed the South African-owned mall at about
11am with placards carrying inscriptions such as: “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” and many others.’’

The National Public Relations Officer of NANS, Azeez Adeyemi, who spoke on behalf of the protesting students, said

“NANS’ leadership under its President, Mr 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 Aug. 14 for a total shut down. This is a struggle that
will continue until the victory of purpose is achieved,” Adeyemi said.

Recall that on Thursday August 8th, protesting students picketed MTN,
DSTV and Stanbic IBTC Bank offices in Abeokuta and Adamawa state to
express their displeasure at the relentless killing of Nigerians in
South Africa.

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