According to reports from local media outlets on Tuesday, shops were closed, and streets and commercial areas were less busy than on a typical weekday.
Another batch of Nigerians repatriated from South Africa arrived in Lagos on Tuesday as they were forced to flee widespread xenophobic attacks.
Several anti-illegal immigration groups in South Africa have taken to the streets to protest against undocumented Black foreign nationals in the country.
Mr Abolurin disclosed that NSCDC operatives also apprehended two deserters from the Togolese army.
President of the court, Justice Ricardo Gonçalves, announced this at the formal unveiling of the court’s Electronic Case Management System on Monday, in Abuja.
“The problem here is not the immigrants; that is simply scapegoating. The problem is broken countries,” he said.
“I could conclude that the two deaths that occurred. One yesterday was a result of the authorities, metro officers, who hacked a Nigerian person to death,” said Mr Iwobi.
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South African President has appealed to South Africans planning anti-immigration protests on Tuesday not to act violently against foreign Black nationals in the country.
The statement noted that many Ugandans had already left the rainbow country on their own following the June 30 deadline reportedly issued by the anti-immigration groups.
“In Uganda, I do not believe in a free press! The press should be guided by cadres of the revolution,” he said.
