BREAKING: Violence erupts at Shoprite in Ibadan
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that scores of Ibadan residents gathered outside the Palms Shopping Mall, New G.R.A., chanting xenophobic slogans and demanding that South African businesses leave Nigeria.Oyo police commissioner, Sina Olukolu, told PREMIUM TIMES Nigerians were expressing their displeasure against South African businesses as part of the recent xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other foreigners in South Africa.
“Our men are on the ground to protect the area and ensure that no serious damage is done to the building,” Mr Olukolu said.
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