JUST IN: Police foil attempt to burn Shoprite in Lagos
The police and other security personnel in Lagos have foiled an attempt by irate Nigerians to burn a Shoprite location in Lekki, Lagos.
A resident of a nearby estate, Gboyega Bashorun, told PREMIUM TIMES he was returning home from work when he noticed a raging inferno. “The Mobil and SPG gas stations nearby also closed their gates. I later gathered that it was a retaliation for what happened in South Africa,” he added. A spokesperson for the police in Lagos, Bala Elkana, did not immediately return requests for comments about the development. It comes amidst flaring temper between Nigerians and South Africans over attacks on Nigerian businesses and properties by South Africans in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
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