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According to PUNCH Online's investigation, the management of a Chinese supermarket in Abuja's Federal Capital Territory refuses to allow Nigerians to shop there.
The supermarket located at the China General Chamber of Commerce on Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Road in Abuja is well-known as a destination for Chinese food and beverages.
When Punch correspondent visited the supermarket on Sunday to confirm the authenticity of the claim, security personnel at the gate confirmed that the store's management issued the directive at the start of the year without providing any explanation.
One of the officers, who did not wear a name tag and refused to reveal his name, stated that prospective shoppers who are not Chinese are turned away at the gate as directed by management.
The officer said, “For now, they (management) have stopped everything. The truth is that they are selling, but they said our people should stop coming. They said only Chinese individuals are allowed to shop here. The shop is only meant for Chinese people. People were allowed to come in throughout last year, but since January, they changed the policy and directed that no Nigerian is allowed to enter.
“We were not informed of any reason for the policy, but we have told them to remove all adverts from the Internet so that people would stop coming.”
Punch correspondent was, however, allowed entrance because, according to the officer, “Today is Sunday, and you are covered with grace.”
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