Some members of staff of the organisation and customers were said to have been attacked, while valuables were carted away.
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A witness told TheCable that, but for the intervention of policemen, the protesters would have destroyed the building.
Activities have been suspended in the office, while policemen have taken over the area.
MTN head office in South Africa has issued a statement on the incident, according to Reuters.
A police van in front of the office
The attack happened hours after Pascal Dozie, chairman of MTN Nigeria, led a delegation of the company to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa in Abuja.
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Phutuma Nhleko, MTN Group chairman, South Africa; Ferdinand Moolman, CEO of MTN Nigeria; and Gbenga Oyebode, a lawyer of the company, were in the delegation.
The identity of the protesters has not been revealed, but on Wednesday, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) announced that it will be holding a nationwide protest to draw global attention to the attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
Kadiri Aruna, president of the association, had described the xenophobic attacks as sad and unfortunate.
The Nigerian community in South Africa has recorded two attacks in the last one week.
At least five houses and businesses belonging to Nigerians were burnt by a mob on Saturday, while 15 houses, either belonging or rented by immigrants, especially Nigerians, were been burnt by angry residents in Rosettenvile, south of Johannesburg, last week Sunday.
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