NANS, NYCN Threaten to Picket DSTV, South African Firms over Xenophobia

National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have threatened to attack South African interests in Nigeria over the repeated attacks and killing of Nigerians in South Africa

NYCN and NANS in separate statements vowed to shut down the South African Embassy, DSTV and MTN, and other South Africans businesses operating in Nigeria over the mindless attacks on Nigerians.

Danielson Akpan, president NANS, in a statement 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.

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.

“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.”

Also, the National Youth Council of Nigeria has given the government of South African a seven-day ultimatum to fish out the killers of Mrs Elizabeth Ndubuisi and other Nigerians killed this years or risk the destruction of it interest in Nigeria.

The Council in a statement on Friday signed by Comrade Almustapha Asuku Abdullahi, called on the South African government to investigate and bring those involved to justice within the given time or consider the complete ejection of South African and her related investment such as Dstv, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Gotv, MTN, Shopprite and others in Nigeria.

Abdullahi said: “having received the report on 127 Nigerian souls lost to the wicked madness of South Africans irresponsible tendency of their government in the recent xenophobia attacks on black citizens in their country, the latest killing at Emperor’s Palace Hotel & Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa Of Mrs Elizabeth Ndubuzi, the Deputy Director General, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria is unprecedented.

“The killing of Bonny Iwuoha and Goziem Akpenyi  who were stabbed to death during xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg and Cape Town on April 5 and April 6, 2019 respectively. So also is the killing of four other Nigerians who were shot dead in March 2019, Three of the victims murdered in Sunnyside, Pretoria and one in Balfour Park, Johannesburg.” among others reported killing of Nigerian in south Africa which gulp up the total of 127 souls with some unofficial reported lives taken by bloody thirsty south Africa Nation.

“The leadership of NYCN thereby call on the Government of South Africa who have being doing less or nothing to stop this deadly attack on fellow African by Africans to either act now by fishing out the killer of Mrs Ndubuzi and other Nigerians gruesomely murdered in South Africa or consider the complete ejection of South African and her related investment such as Dstv, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Gotv, MTN, Shopprite and others in Nigeria as we hit our departure point.

He said Nigerians has continues to tolerate south Africans and their companies extortive tendency in Nigeria, saying DSTV is milking Nigerians dry with mandatory monthly subscription plan even when no one enjoys full monthly service while MTN is defrauding Nigerians with dubious data and Voices 6Tariff Plans, Stanbic IBTC is swimming in our Pension Contribution Fund and yet Nigerians never one once react by killing the companies and the citizens who are provoking, frustrating Nigerians.

“Our disposition to united Africa and pan Africanism has long being taken for granted and passive as act of cowardice hence we must prove our self from this point forward.

“The government of South Africa have 72 hours to fish out the killer of Dr. Mrs Elizabeth to start with and other within 7days or recall her envoy and other business investments in Nigeria as we are going to eject  them from our land from expiration of our one week ultimatum.

“This is not the spirit of Nelson Mandela who had Nigeria full support to fight Apatitied Struggle for South Africa liberation, since they have lost the memory of our united front for solidarity and independent south Africa  we must part our way with our killer,” he said.