Pandemonium as Traders, Hoodlums Clash in Popular Lagos Market
- Traders and hoodlums at the Alaba International Market, Lagos clash over an issue the traders felt is not relevant in the early hours of the day
- The incident which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning, October 18, led to the disruption of business activities in the area
- The Lagos state police command spokesperson SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development disclosed normalcy has been restored back in the market
There was chaos in the Alaba International Market, Lagos, on Wednesday, October 19, as traders reportedly clashed with hoodlums demanding levies from them, Daily Trust reported.
Legit.ng understands that the violence broke out in the morning when the hoodlums approached the traders to collect levies as usual.
Source: UGC
The traders, who always complain about what they describe as illegal tax, were said to have resisted the payment, thereby leading to the clash.
In a video of the clash sighted online, there was commotion as some persons brandished weapons.
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Shops were also shut, while people took cover to avoid being caught up in the violence.
Police react
The police public relations officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said normalcy had been restored to the market but did not state whether casualties were recorded.
He said,
“Alaba International Market is calm. Normalcy has been restored. @rrslagos767 and men of Ojo Division are on ground, under the supervision of Area Commander Festac, ACP Igbafe Afegbai. There is no cause for alarm as monitoring continues.”
Trader lament late arrival of the Force
Meanwhile, a trader, Kehinde Omoniru lamented that the police arrived late at the market to quell the violence, Vanguard reported.
He said:
“I can confidently confirm their presence in the market. But oga Ben, your men no try at all, since morning that the market has been under fire with gunshots and rain of broken bottles, they just came around 13:43hr.”
Apprentice wins N16m sports bet in Alaba market, his boss orders the boy to give him half of the money
An apprentice in Alaba Market, Lagos hit it big as he won a sports bet of N16 million.
According to @oku_yungx who shared the story on Twitter, the lad's master requested that he is given half of the total winning.
The tweep said things ended in the favor of the boss as market people prevailed upon the young man to do it.
"Computer village na your mate": Nigerian man opens box of 'new Android phone', sees big black nylon
A young man has shared a short video of how a scammer tricked a person with a phone box disguised as a package containing a new device.
In the clip, the phone box was unwrapped as one would with a new device. After the wrapper on the box was removed, it was opened.
A black nylon with what looks like a carton were properly placed in the space meant for the device to give the box a fake weight.
Source: Legit.ng
