A protest against xenophobic attacks in South Africa has taken place at the offices of South African-owned mobile phone giant MTN in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.
There are reports that some windows were broken and staff were evacuated through the back door.
MTN head office in South Africa has issued a statement, saying it is concerned about violence which appears to be directed at foreigners in both South Africa and Nigeria.
However, Reuters news agency is quoting an MTN spokesman as saying that its offices in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, have been attacked and vandalised in apparent retaliation for anti-Nigerian violence in South Africa.
The unnamed spokesman for the South African-owned company told the agency:
They vandalised equipment, stole customer phones and I-Pads. Some customers too were attacked.”
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