NANS Threatens To Shut Down DSTV, MTN, South African Embassy Over Xenophobia

NANS
National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS)

The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) issued a threat to shut down the South African Embassy in Nigeria.

Read: Xenophobia: Two Nigerians Hacked to Death

According to NANS, they would also shut down DSTV and MTN, and other South Africans businesses operating in Nigeria.

In a statement on Thursday by the NANS President Danielson Akpan in Abuja, the body expressed sadness over the recent killing of Mrs Elizabeth Ndubuisi in her hotel room in South Africa while attending a seminar.

Advertisement

The late deceased who was reportedly the Deputy Director General of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN), was said to have been found dead in her room at Emperor’s Palace Casino, Hotel and Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

He said: “The rascality of South Africans has got to an alarming state. As at today, the official record of Nigerians killed in South Africa has risen to 127.

READ: Xenophobia: Senate Issues Stern Warning To South African Government

“These are human beings, these are Nigerians. Unfortunately, this figure is just confirmed an official figure, not to talk about the ones swept under the carpet.

“On June 23, Mrs Elizabeth Ndubuisi was strangulated in her hotel room (Emperor’s Palace Hotel & Convention Centre) in Johannesburg, South Africa. She’s the Deputy Director General of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN).

“Consequently, we shall be shutting down all South African reflections in Nigeria: Embassy, DSTV, SHOPRITE, MTN and many more.

“Since South Africans do not want us in their country, they should leave our land.”