By Ben Adoga, Abuja
Officials of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have sealed up an Abuja-based Chinese supermarket situated at the China General Chamber of Commerce.
The officials stormed the premises of the supermarket on Monday and shut the supermarket in the process.
The commission’s officials reportedly sealed up the place after interrogating Nigerian workers at the supermarket.
Earlier on Sunday, Nigerians had expressed disgust over a discriminatory policy implemented by the supermarket which restricted entry exclusively to its citizens and barred Nigerians.
The Manager of the complex, Shaibu Sanusi, confirmed that Nigerians from outside the complex do not shop there, but only those (Nigerians) within can access it.
The workers said that the owner of the supermarket, a Chinese lady, Cindy Liu Bei, fled on Monday at 8:26 am with her family as she confirmed the Closed-Circuit Television camera.
The FCCPC officials subsequently shut down the supermarket.
The crisis started on Sunday when some Nigerians who wanted to patronise the facility were denied entry on discriminatory grounds and reacted on their Facebook X accounts and then reported the matter to the FCCPC.
One Uncle Deji @DejiAdesogan wrote on X: “So there’s a Chinese supermarket in Abuja where Nigerians cannot enter, let alone buy anything, that only Chinese are allowed? So weird to believe.”
Another X user, Otunba AbdulFattah @OyedeleFatai, while corroborating the claim, said he was denied entrance twice this year.
“Yes! China Chambers of Commerce along Airport Road. I was denied access twice this year. The security told me that they have stopped Nigerians from entering the premises since January 2024. Nonsense! @Nafdac Agency @fccpcnigeria,” he wrote
