The World - News from Jan. 8, 1988

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was met on arrival in Nigeria by demonstrators protesting her opposition to economic sanctions against South Africa. Several hundred people at the Lagos airport waved banners saying “Thatcher Go Home” and tore up British flags. Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida also referred to the issue in welcoming remarks. Thatcher responded that she and her critics disagree on means, not ends. “There is no difference in our desire to see apartheid in South Africa ended,” she said. Thatcher, who earlier visited Kenya, was to return to London today.