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By Editorial through BBC,
A Chinese-owned supermarket in Nigeria’s capital has been shut by the authorities over allegations that it denies entry to African shoppers.
The supermarket in Abuja allegedly “exclusively permits individuals of Chinese descent to enter”, Nigeria’s consumer protection watchdog said on X, adding that the supermarket’s owner had been summoned.
The Chinese chamber of commerce in Nigeria has denied the racism allegations.
Boladale Adeyinka, an official at Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission said that the watchdog had launched an investigation into the allegations. END