According to Nigerian journalist Jaafar Jaafar, the Chinese supermarket
barred Nigerians from shopping after a robbery attack. (Read previous
post
here). See his post below:
"There was public outcry after a citizen reporter recently raised alarm
in a Facebook post that a Chinese shop at Gwarimpa Estate barred
Nigerians from shopping.
A good friend of mine and bosom friend of the Chinese community in
Nigeria, Mohammad Jamu, followed up the report and came up a different
perspective.
Writing in defense of his Chinese friends, Jamu wrote what was more of a
script of Dankwairo's praise poetry than a piece of journalism.
You'd draw the ire of professional reputation
managers if you call it press release.
When I raised doubt over his version of the story, Mohammed Jamu
immediately called me and later took me to the shop to see for myself
yesterday.
MY FINDINGS/CONCLUSION
One Hausa proverb says that if you are bitten by a snake, you become
paranoid whenever you see a rope. From what I understood, the shopowners
actually banned Nigerians from patronising the shop after a robbery
attack.
"Take a drink," the shop owner said as a female attendant brought a
glass carafe filled with hot concoction.
"We are fasting," we replied in unison.
The owner of the shop first narrated the armed robbery incident that
left him and his wife injured. I asked the shopkeeper, his wife and the
security guards several questions and drew inference that the initial
account is actually true.
But when the first report went viral, and Daily Trust made a follow up,
they realised the implications of the decision to ban Nigerians. They
quickly lifted the ban, issued a notice and invited their Nigerian
friend to whitewash their action.
Glad they quickly realise the implications of introducing apartheid in
Nigeria"
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