Nigeria: 45 Chinese Arrested Over Kano Market 'Domination'

Kano — The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) yesterday arrested about 45 Chinese nationals at the Kantin Kwari textile market over what it described as an attempt by the foreigners to "take over and dominate business activities from the local people".

The Kano State Immigration Comptroller, Dr. Emmanuel Brasco, who briefed reporters on the arrests in Kano yesterday, said the action followed an order issued by the Comptroller General of the NIS, Mrs. Rose Chinyere Uzoma, to conduct the raid with immediate effect.

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