‘It was so humiliating’, CNN Journalist Aisha Salaudeen calls out Indian owned restaurant for kicking her out

Aisha Salaudeen, a journalist with CNN Africa has described how she and a female colleague were refused food in an Indian owned restaurant, Harzoyka in Lagos.

Salaudeen is a multimedia journalist and features producer currently based out of the CNN Africa bureau in Lagos, Nigeria.

Salaudeen who took to social media to call out the Lagos restaurant said they weren’t allowed into the restaurant because of a new policy – which is that no women are allowed and would only be allowed in if chaperoned by a man.

Harzoyka is an Indian restaurants located in the Ikeja GRA, Lagos.

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She wrote: “I got kicked out of Harzoyka restaurant in GRA Ikeja today because according to them, they have a new policy – no women allowed. This is a restaurant I’ve visited multiple times in the past few years.

“It’s bad enough that my existence as a woman in the world is threatened everyday. Now I have to add eating a meal at a restaurant with a friend to the list. Insane,” the aggrieved Aisha added.

I got kicked out of Harzoyka restaurant in GRA Ikeja today because according to them, they have a new policy – no women allowed. This is a restaurant I've visited multiple times in the past few years.

— Nana-Aisha (@AishaSalaudeen) November 8, 2020

When I pressed about why I was been hushed out, I was told that to eat in there I had to be chaperoned by a man. I was too stunned to comment, I cannot have a meal because I'm a woman? @MsAdeola and I had to eat somewhere else.

— Nana-Aisha (@AishaSalaudeen) November 8, 2020

It was so humiliating. They are at 71b Oduduwa Cres, Ikeja GRA, and their number – 08137441631.

— Nana-Aisha (@AishaSalaudeen) November 8, 2020