Cellphone provider MTN denied reports out of Nigeria on Thursday that its office in Abuja had to shut down after coming under attack because of xenophobic violence in South Africa.<\/p>\n
“It is causing huge reputational damage,” MTN executive for group corporate affairs Chris Maroleng told News24.<\/p>\n
He said there was peaceful protest action outside its Abuja office on Tuesday – not Wednesday, as reported – and a memorandum was handed over.<\/p>\n
The only “disruption” was for about an hour when MTN staff could not access the building due to the protest outside, said Maroleng.<\/p>\n
The Daily Sun newspaper was quoted on the website Naij.com as saying that more than 100 youths converged at the MTN premises, carrying placards with different inscriptions.<\/p>\n
Based on this, News24 earlier reported that the MTN office immediately shut down its operations and suspended its service, but Maroleng said this information was false.<\/p>\n
“Our business is fully operational,” said Maroleng.<\/p>\n
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