UPDATED: See How Rioters looted Goods worth Millions at Shoprite, Pep Mall Outlets in Lagos

One of the burgled stores at Shoprite Malls in Lekki, Lagos.

Scores of Nigerians yesterday invaded some Shoprite outlets and other stores in Lagos. They looted goods worth millions and carried out massive destruction of properties  as retaliation for xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa.

South African mobs had launched attacks on foreigners, including Nigerians, and looted and burnt their places of business in suburbs of Johannesburg and surrounding areas on Sunday, September 1, 2019, and Monday, September 2.

The attacks have angered many Nigerians who have called for a boycott of South African businesses, like Shoprite, operating in Nigeria.

The Shoprite store in Novare Mall, Sangotedo was looted by dozens of people late on Tuesday, September 3. Many Nigerians were caught on video fleeing the store with several items stolen.

Other stores in the mall, including those owned by Nigerians, were similarly looted with items estimated to run into millions carted away.

A similar scenario played out at the Adeniran Ogunsanya shopping mall in Surulere where police officers struggled to control a mob that vandalised locked stores and stole valuables.

The store belonging to PEP, a South African-owned clothing and accessories dealer, in the area was also vandalised and looted by another mob.

Two MTN stores, another South African-owned business, were also vandalised in Surulere.

Earlier in the day a mob showed up at a Shoprite outlet in the Jakande area of Lagos around 4 pm to shut down the store.

An unidentified man was gunned by police officers who struggled to contain the crowd and shot tear gas canisters and live bullets at them.

The protesters, some of them hoodlums popularly called Area Boys, continued to cause trouble and robbed motorists and passers-by on the Lekki-Epe Expressway.

A Police vehicle was also burnt by the protesters before soldiers were dispatched to the scene to restore order.

Below are videos showing how the various theft and destruction of properties were carried out at the malls.

VIDEO: Bicycles, electronics, grocery items looted as rioters break into #Shoprite outlet in Lagos #Xenophobia #XenophobiaAttack #SayNoToXenophobia pic.twitter.com/gwSQ5ZCR6o

— TheCable (@thecableng) September 3, 2019

Looters attacked Pep in Surulere yesterday, there are multiple reports of looting at multiple South African owned business locations around Lagos and in Ibadan as well.
Some reports state that some looters are attacking this morning pic.twitter.com/6UwCdhIdX3

— Pulse Nigeria (@PulseNigeria247) September 4, 2019